Nasal cytobrush cytology: evaluation of the hyperchromatic supranuclear stria.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the hyperchromatic supranuclear stria (SNS) in various types of rhinopathies.


METHODS
The study included 42 patients with rhinopathies and a control group consisting of 28 healthy adults. The rhinopathy group was categorized into 4 subgroups, including allergic rhinitis, infective rhinitis, vasomotor rhinitis and mixed group. Cytologic samples were obtained by cytobrush from the middle one third of the inferior turbinate.


RESULTS
The hyperchromatic SNS was present in the majority of ciliated cells in a high percentage in the control group (91.7%), whereas in the pathologic group it was 40%. The difference is significant (p = 0.0000).


CONCLUSIONS
Nasal cytology is a simple, reliable tool for the diagnosis of rhinopathies.
Aslani
Fatemeh Sari
FS
Department of Pathology, Shiraz Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. sariasf@sums.ac.ir
Khademi
Bijan
B
Yeganeh
Firouzeh
F
Kumar
Perikala V
PV
Bedayat
Gholam Reza
GR
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000166:cytology* / Q000473:pathology; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000473:pathology