It is well known that desensitization treatment with aspirin can significantly improve symptoms and quality of life in patient with aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease. However, its mechanism has not been clearly understood yet. In this case report, 41-year-old male patient was referred to our allergy and immunology department with complaints of chronic rhinosinusitis including postnasal di...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To evaluate the efficacy of canine fossa puncture (CFP) by comparing patients with unilateral chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) accompanying nasal polyposis (NP) who underwent CFP with those who underwent maxillary sinus clearance through a middle meatal antrostomy (MMA). STUDY DESIGN Prospective randomized study. METHODS Twenty-nine patients were randomly assigned to the C...

BACKGROUND Clinical diagnosis of acute bacterial sinusitis (ABS) is a concern when a patient presents with nasal discharge of recent onset together with facial pain or pressure. Given this presentation, the doctor would benefit from having access to software that specifies, first, what diagnostic indicators experts typically use in that diagnosis and then, upon entry of those facts, what expert...

Sinusitis is an inflammatory condition of the mucous membrane of the paranasal sinuses. This is normally a microbial infection commonly caused by viruses such as Rhinovirus, Myxovirus, Reovirus, etc. and bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus-β-haemolyticus, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria catarrhalis and Proteus mirabilis. Sinusitis can result in nasal and postnasal space diso...

INTRODUCTION Although several anatomical anomalies in the middle turbinate have been reported, they usually remain asymptomatic. However, complicated aberrant middle turbinate extending through the choana to the contralateral nasopharynx has not been reported. CASE PRESENTATION A 23-year-old Korean woman presented with a 6-month history of nasal obstruction and postnasal discharge refractory ...

Gastro-oesophageal reflux, either singly or in association with postnasal drip and/or asthma is considered to be a cause of chronic cough. The amount and nature of gastro-oesophageal reflux however is often normal with acid suppression having very little, if any therapeutic effect in these patients. This review examines the challenges posed when exploring the reflux-cough link, and discusses th...

no nasopharyngeal tumor was identified in 12 cases with adult OME that were reviewed.[8] Postnasal space examination is further necessitated by the fact that nasopharyngeal tumor is common in the third and fifth decades of life, at which stage most of our patients were. Nasopharyngeal tumors have been known to present with otological features of OME, in addition to nasal, neuro-ophthalmic and n...

BACKGROUND The efficacy of corticosteroid has not been thoroughly studied in the treatment of non-allergic rhinitis. This study was designed to compare the efficacy of nasal corticosteroid in patients with allergic rhinitis (AR), and non-allergic rhinitis (NAR). METHODS The efficacy of triamcinolone acetonide nasal spray (TANS) on total nasal symptom scores (TNSS), and nasal peak inspiratory ...

The nasal placode was extirpated unilaterally in Gosner stage 18-20 embryos of Rana sylvatica, R. palustris and R. pipiens, in order to test alternative proposed schemes of homology for the ethmoidal attachment of the palatoquadrate in anurans and urodeles. Absence of the nasal sac has no pronounced effect on the formation of larval chondrocranial structures. In contrast, in metamorphosed anima...