Nasal glands and goblet cells in chronic hypertrophic rhinitis.
Partial turbinectomies were done in 13 patients suffering from chronic hypertrophic rhinitis. The mucous membranes were fine-dissected, and mucous elements were stained and counted using the PAS-alcian blue whole-mount method. Cross-sections were made from the whole-mount specimens. There was a great variety of epithelial types. Comparison of the density of mucous elements in normal patients and patients with chronic hypertrophic rhinitis revealed no statistically significant differences.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000473:pathology*; D014420:Turbinates / Q000473:pathology