Table 4:

BT site of involvement and temporal characteristicsa

GroupsSuperiorMiddleInferiorTemporal-ImprovingbTemporal-Transientc
FS616511
Brain8281316
  • a The location of the black turbinates and the change in enhancement during multiple series are shown. Because a patient can demonstrate BT in >1 turbinate (ie, both the middle and inferior turbinates can show BT simultaneously), the total number of turbinates seen with BT is larger than the number of cases in each group.

  • b BT persists across all sequences but improves gradually.

  • c BT resolves on later sequences.