title: Nasal cytology in the diagnosis and treatment of sinusitis in atopic and nonatopic children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the value of nasal cytology in the diagnosis of sinusitis and follow-up of atopic and nonatopic children before and after treatment and to compare the nasal cytologic findings with the radiologic findings.
  
  
  METHODS
  Open randomized investigation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ministry of Health, Ankara Diskapi Children's Hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-five children with bronchial asthma and/or allergic rhinitis followed by the Allergy Department of the Ministry of Health, Ankara Diskapi Children's Education and Research Hospital and 35 control children were evaluated for the following parameters: symptoms and signs of sinusitis, total serum immunoglobulin E level and eosinophil count, skinprick tests to common allergens, paranasal sinus radiographs, and nasal cytology (by the Rhinoprobe [Synbiotics Inc. London] method and wax paper blow).
  
  
  METHODS
  Nasal cytology, radiologic findings, and treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no significant correlations between radiologic and cytologic findings in any of the groups (p > .05). In both atopic and nonatopic chronic sinusitis patients, the Rhinoprobe method had results similar to the radiologic findings, and there was a significant relationship (p < .05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nasal cytology is still a diagnostic tool in the follow-up and evaluation of chronic sinusitis in atopic children but should not be considered an adequate alternative to sinus radiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Allergy, Ankara Diskapi Children's Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tijen
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Basibuyuk
authors.forename: Eda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozaydin
authors.forename: Reha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cengizlier
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000150:complications; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000150:complications; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology