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This study revisited an anatomical landmark in the frontal recess that could serve as a guide to the frontal sinus.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0022215121004175_sec_a2\" sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>Prevalence of the anterior ethmoid genu, its morphology and its relationship with the frontal sinus drainage pathway was assessed. Computed tomography scans with multiplanar reconstruction were used to study non-diseased sinonasal complexes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0022215121004175_sec_a3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The anterior ethmoidal genu was present in all 102 anatomical sides studied, independent of age, gender and race. Its position was within the frontal sinus drainage pathway, and the drainage pathway was medial to it in 98 of 102 cases. The anterior ethmoidal genu sometimes extended laterally and formed a recess bounded by the lamina papyracea laterally, by the uncinate process anteriorly and by the bulla ethmoidalis posteriorly. Distance of the anterior ethmoidal genu to frontal ostia can be determined by the height of the posterior wall of the agger nasi cell rather than its volume or other dimensions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0022215121004175_sec_a4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\"><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study confirmed that the anterior ethmoidal genu is a constant anatomical structure positioned within frontal sinus drainage pathway. 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