Rhinoscope

Under rhinoscopy ( Gr. ῤις, ῤινός nose, watch σκοπέω, investigate ) means the study of the nose inside.

The investigation is carried out at the front rhinoscopy (anterior rhinoscopy ) using a nasal speculum to hold open the nasal entrance and a light source, either with indirect lighting with a head mirror or with a headlamp. The use of a nasal endoscope ( bar optics) allows a more detailed study also situated further to the rear portions of the nasal cavity.

Rhinoscopy allows the assessment of the nasal mucosa, the nasal septum, the nasal turbinates and pathological changes such as secretion, Septumdeformitäten, inflammatory or neoplastic changes (eg, polyps) or foreign bodies. Even small interventions such as a foreign body removal or the caustic of a bleeding site can be done in this way.

The posterior ( rear ) rhinoscopy ( Post rhinoscopy ) is performed using a small mirror, which is inserted into the mouth up behind the palate and thus the eye upward into the nasopharynx and the posterior nares, the rear openings of the nose allows.