Has one of my middle turbinates been removed?

This is a recent MRI scan of my nose:
http://picasaweb.google.com/bardcan/MRI?authkey=Gv1sRgCNyn59PT7fmrJw&feat=directlink

It appears to me that my right middle turbinate is either extremely small or has been removed. Can you advise what you think the situation is?
I have had two nasal surgeries, but no mention was made of removing turbinates.

Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated,
Thank you.

Tags: turbinates, removed, middle, surgery, MRI, nose, nasal

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trwilli24

Aug 28, 2010

I would need to see more slides to say for sure but it looks like your right middle turbinate is mostly there. i wouldn't worry about it

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