Departments of Ophtalmology and Otolaryngology - Otolaryngology II - University School of Medicine, Bari, Italy.
Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol. 2010 Jan-Mar;23(1 Suppl):45-9.
Nasal cytology represents a valid method in the differential diagnosis of allergic and non-allergic nasal diseases, as it is simple, safe, non-invasive, cost-effective, and easy to perform both in the medical and paediatric office. In particular, through cytological investigation it is possible to diagnose a group of non-allergic infective rhinitis that still today constitutes a vague aspect of the clinical-diagnostic-therapeutic approach to eosinophilic non-allergic rhinitis (NARES), non-allergic rhinitis mast cell (NARMA), neutrophilic non-allergic rhinitis (NARNA), and eosinophil-mast cell non-allergic rhinitis (NARESMA). Preventive treatment of nasal diseases, when guided by rhinocytograms, leads to a favorable clinical and time-dependent outcome. These advantages are reflected in a better quality of life and in a reduction in National Health Service costs, without chronic evolution of the disease to complications.
鼻细胞学检查是一种在过敏性和非过敏性鼻病的鉴别诊断中非常有效的方法，因为它简单、安全、非侵入性、具有成本效益，并且在医疗和儿科诊所都很容易进行。特别是，通过细胞学检查可以诊断一组非过敏性感染性鼻炎，这些鼻炎至今仍是嗜酸性非过敏性鼻炎（NARES）、非过敏性鼻炎肥大细胞（NARMA）、嗜中性粒细胞非过敏性鼻炎（NARNA）和嗜酸性粒细胞-肥大细胞非过敏性鼻炎（NARESMA）的临床诊断治疗方法中一个模糊的方面。在鼻细胞学检查的指导下，对鼻病进行预防性治疗，可以获得有利的临床和时间依赖性结果。这些优势体现在更好的生活质量和减少国家卫生服务成本方面，而不会使疾病慢性发展并出现并发症。
