title: [Cytology of nasal polyps].
abstract: Cytograms were made from polyps and nasal mucosa in 30 patients suffering from chronic rhinitis and polyps. A semiquantitative method described in Otolaryngologia Polska in 1985 year was used. In 6 cytograms taken from polyps, neutrophils were found on an average in 93% of observed cells. In 24 cytograms the predominance of eozynophils was found on an average of 49%. In cytograms with predominance of eozynophils, basophils were found on an average of 13%. These results allowed the etiology to be distinguished and either pharmacological or surgical treatment to be applied, versus hitherto applied surgical treatment. In 6 eozynophilic patients cytograms were made from the mucosa 2 weeks after polypectomy. A considerable decrease or total disappearance of eozynophilic and basophilic cells was found.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Otolaryngologicznej Collegium Medicum UJ w Krakowie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miszke
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sanokowska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000601:surgery / Q000648:ultrastructure*
vernacular_title: Cytologia polipów nosa.