title: Diseases mimicking allergic rhinitis.
abstract: Although allergic rhinitis is the commonest diagnosis in the child with nasal obstruction and rhinorrhoea, the differential must include other, much rarer, conditions. We present three case histories and discussion of several other diagnoses which should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Rhinology Laboratory, Royal National, Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, UK. simongane@gmail.com
authors.forename: S B C
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Gane
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Scadding
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D034381:Hearing Loss; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007239:Infections; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D055556:Nasal Lavage; D015508:Nasal Obstruction; D009298:Nasal Polyps; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D012857:Situs Inversus; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids