[Sinusitis in atopic children].
Allergy is one of the etiologic factors in the pathogenesis of sinusitis. In order to investigate the allergic influence on the incidence of sinusitis, a CT-scan of the sinuses in 59 atopic children with nasal complaints of rhinosinusitis was performed. Sinusitis was found in 36 children (61%). These results were compared to a previous study of 196 mainly non-atopic children (atopy was no exclusion criteria). Identical inclusion and evaluation criteria were used. Sinusitis was found in 125 children (64%). According to these results it seems that the prevalence and the extent of sinusitis is not determined by the presence of allergy.
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel, KNO-afdeling, Jette, België.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000150:complications; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Sinusitis bij atopische kinderen.