[Preliminary study on normal aerification of paranasal sinuses in children].

Objective: To explore the normal aerification of paranasal sinuses in Chinese children with magnetic resonance imaging.

Methods: Two hundred and eighty Chinese children aged from 17 days to 14 years without any symptoms related to sinusitis were statistically analyzed in MRI features, including counting the number of paranasal sinus pneumatization and the maximum axial and sagittal area of the left maxillary.

Results: The pneumatization rate of maxillary sinus was 85% in children aged from 0 to 1 years.