title: Diagnostic criteria for a curable form of chronic rhinosinusitis: the mucous recirculation syndrome.
abstract: In clinical practice, nonallergic rhinosinusitis (rhinopathy) is a common diagnosis of exclusion. The mucous recirculation syndrome is one incompletely defined condition that masquerades as nonallergic rhinopathy. Mucous recirculation syndrome, a curable condition, should be differentiated from nonallergic rhinopathy. The underdiagnosis of this condition is due in part to a lack of diagnostic criteria. In this article, we review the medical literature to better characterize mucous recirculation syndrome and to establish diagnostic criteria for it.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson.
authors.forename: Adesh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson; Department of Pediatrics, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson. Electronic address: rdeshazo@umc.edu.
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: deShazo
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stringer
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D009093:Mucus; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013577:Syndrome
keywords: Accessory ostium; Antrostomy; Mucous; Recirculation