Bronchial asthma and pathological processes in the nasopharynx. I. Clinical analysis during remission and attack.
In 54 patients with bronchial asthma and a control group of 15 subjects laryngological, bacteriological and cytological examinations of the nasopharynx were performed. This region was found to be inflamed in 38% of the patients with asthma; in a group of asthmatic patients hypersensitive to aspirin, the percentage rose to 87%. In the asthmatic patients, as compared with the control group, there was a diminished neutrophilic exudate, a marked epithelial desquamation reaction and an abundant lymphocyticosinophilic exudate in a considerable percentage of cases.
D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000150:complications; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010277:Parasympathomimetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011859:Radiography; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D010277:Parasympathomimetics