Seasonal variation of nasal surface basophilic cells and eosinophils in Japanese cedar pollinosis.
Nasal pollinosis is caused by pollens of trees and grasses as allergen floating in the air during the seasons of blossom. In Japan, cedar pollinosis is the most prevalent of seasonal allergic rhinitis. We studied the seasonal variation of nasal mucosal basophilic cells (cells with basophilic and metachromatic granules) and eosinophils by nasal scraping of cedar pollinosis patients from June 1986 to May 1987, and found that during the season basophilic cells and eosinophils increased significantly, decreased but still remained for two or three monts after the season, and finally disappeared. The variation of eosinophils was more prominent than basophilic cells. The increase of both cells had close correlation with each other.
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Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001491:Basophils / Q000473:pathology*; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D011058:Pollen / Q000276:immunology; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D012621:Seasons