title: [Monosymptomatic posterior rhinorrhea].
abstract: Monosymptomatic posterior rhinorrhea is a common syndrome found in medical practice, being the starting point for many pulmonary and ENT diseases. It is a solitary symptom, not accompanied by other clinical manifestations (nasal obstruction, anterior rhinorrhea, impaired smell, itching or sneezing) and it is giving the patient the sensation that something is dripping down into the oro and hypopharynx. Border pathology, posterior rhinorrhea consequences may bring the patient in Respiratory or ENT Clinics. A correct diagnosis and an appropriate treatment is the main objective in the management of this syndrome. The purpose of the article is to present this syndrome with its consequences and the main therapeutic methods.
authors.affiliation: Clinica ORL si Chirurgie Cervico-Facială, Spitalul Sfanta Maria, Bucureşti.
authors.forename: Codrut
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sarafoleanu
authors.forename: Raluca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Enache
authors.forename: Dorin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sarafoleanu
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009093:Mucus / Q000378:metabolism; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D013577:Syndrome