title: Nasal cytobrush cytology: evaluation of the hyperchromatic supranuclear stria.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Shiraz Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. sariasf@sums.ac.ir
authors.forename: Fatemeh Sari
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Aslani
authors.forename: Bijan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Khademi
authors.forename: Firouzeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yeganeh
authors.forename: Perikala V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Gholam Reza
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Bedayat
mesh_terms: 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