Nasal eosinophilia.
When one nostril was compared to the opposite there was a statistically significant difference in eosinophils found in mucus smears of 104 allergic subjects. A nasal smear from one nostril is not reliably representative of the total cell distribution in both nostrils. Both nostrils should be sampled from a patient's nasal smear.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004804:Eosinophils; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology*; D009504:Neutrophils; D012130:Respiratory Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis*