title: [The incidence of allergic rhinitis in children with otitis media with effusion].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Many factors have been implicated in the etiopathogenesis of otitis media with effusion (OME). In this study, we investigated the role of allergy and the incidence of allergic rhinitis in patients with OME.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 22 children (17 boys, 5 girls; mean age 7.8 years; range 2 to 12 years) with OME confirmed by findings of physical examination and tympanometry. Patients with high IgE levels and symptoms of allergic rhinitis were further investigated by skin prick tests and nasal smears. The results were compared with those of an age- and sex-matched control group (13 boys, 8 girls; mean age 7.8 years) with no symptoms of otolaryngological diseases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Symptoms of rhinitis, serum IgE levels, prick test and nasal smear findings suggested a diagnosis of allergic rhinitis in five children with OME (23%), and in one child (4.8%) in the control group. However, this difference did not reach significance (p>0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Identification and appropriate treatment of allergic rhinitis in patients with OME may increase the success rate of OME treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, 29 Mayis Hospital, 34250 Istanbul, Turkey. ftulinkayhan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Fatma Tülin
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Kayhan
authors.forename: Ebru
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ergez
authors.forename: Ayşe
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hatipoğlu
authors.forename: Ayşenur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meriç
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gedikli
authors.forename: Ozgül
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yiğit
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Babalioğlu
authors.forename: Betül
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sezgin
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000276:immunology; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000150:complications*; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D012882:Skin Tests; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E