title: [Rhinitis and maxillary sinuitis caseosa].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect of surgical procedures on patients with rhinitis caseosa and maxillary sinusitis caseosa.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical analysis for 21 cases (24 sides) were reported in this paper, there were 6 rhinitis caseosa, 13 maxillary sinusitis caseosa, 5 rhinitis and sinusitis caseosa, all patients had caseation material in the nasal cavity or sinus cavity. All patients were treated successfully by surgery, transmaxillary sinus microsurgery and the middle meatal antrostomy were performed for 12 cases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  21 cases who were followed-up 3-5 years after surgery were disappearance for symptoms, and did not recurring.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The key of surgery is to allow free drainage for sinus ostium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Fourth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200081.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*