title: Ear, nose and throat findings in cystic fibrosis patients.
abstract: An ear-nose-throat survey was carried out on 30 children with cystic fibrosis (CF) between two and 17 years of age. There were three (10%) confirmed cases of secretory otitis media. One child had previous surgery for polyps. Ten children had chronic pansinusitis mildly responsive to medical therapy. Hypertrophy of the nasal conchae was detected in eight cases. The data showed that the risk of ear-nose-and-throat disease was increased in CF patients, but audiologic problems are not very common in CF patients. CF should be kept in mind in children who have nasal polyps, hypertrophied turbinates or sinusitis unresponsive to medical therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Bayindir Medical Center, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozçelik
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozgirgin
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ozçelik
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Göçmen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gürcan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kiper
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology