da Lilly-Tariah O B
Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt.
Niger J Clin Pract. 2006 Dec;9(2):142-6.
To evaluate the symptoms, signs and types of chronic simple rhino-sinusitis.
This is prospective work done over a 2-year period. All the patients had symptoms of more than 8 weeks duration. Only patients with symptoms indicative of chronic rhino-sinusitis were included in the study. All the patients had plain x-rays of the paranasal sinuses done and a radiologist reported such.
One hundred and fifteen patients were studied. The male to female ratio was 1:1.4 age range 15 years to 70 years. The mean duration of symptoms was 32.03 months. Rhinorrhoea 100%, stuffy nose 97.4%, sneezing 67.6%, anosmia 54.8% and headache 54.8% were the common symptoms while engorged inferior turbinates 79.1%, anterior nasal discharge 63.5% and postnasal discharge 39.1% were the common findings on examination. The clinical diagnosis was chronic infective sinusitis 72.7%, vasomotor rhinitis 17.4% and allergic rhinitis 10.4%. Engorged turbinate was the commonest radiological comment.
Chronic infective rhino-sinusitis is the commonest type of chronic rhino-sinusitis seen in this study.
评估慢性单纯性鼻-鼻窦炎的症状、体征及类型。
这是一项为期2年的前瞻性研究。所有患者症状持续时间超过8周。本研究仅纳入有慢性鼻-鼻窦炎症状的患者。所有患者均进行了鼻窦平片检查，并由放射科医生出具报告。
共研究了115例患者。男女比例为1:1.4，年龄范围为15岁至70岁。症状的平均持续时间为32.03个月。常见症状包括流涕（100%）、鼻塞（97.4%）、打喷嚏（67.6%）、嗅觉减退（54.8%）和头痛（54.8%），而检查时常见的体征包括下鼻甲充血（79.1%）、鼻前分泌物（63.5%）和鼻后分泌物（39.1%）。临床诊断为慢性感染性鼻窦炎（72.7%）、血管运动性鼻炎（17.4%）和过敏性鼻炎（10.4%）。下鼻甲充血是最常见的放射学表现。
慢性感染性鼻-鼻窦炎是本研究中最常见的慢性鼻-鼻窦炎类型。
