Iwens P, Clement P A
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, KNO-afdeling, Jette, België.
Acta Otorhinolaryngol Belg. 1994;48(4):383-6.
Allergy is one of the etiologic factors in the pathogenesis of sinusitis. In order to investigate the allergic influence on the incidence of sinusitis, a CT-scan of the sinuses in 59 atopic children with nasal complaints of rhinosinusitis was performed. Sinusitis was found in 36 children (61%). These results were compared to a previous study of 196 mainly non-atopic children (atopy was no exclusion criteria). Identical inclusion and evaluation criteria were used. Sinusitis was found in 125 children (64%). According to these results it seems that the prevalence and the extent of sinusitis is not determined by the presence of allergy.
过敏是鼻窦炎发病机制中的病因之一。为了研究过敏对鼻窦炎发病率的影响，对59名有鼻鼻窦炎鼻部症状的特应性儿童进行了鼻窦CT扫描。36名儿童（61%）被发现患有鼻窦炎。这些结果与之前一项对196名主要为非特应性儿童（特应性并非排除标准）的研究进行了比较。采用了相同的纳入和评估标准。125名儿童（64%）被发现患有鼻窦炎。根据这些结果，鼻窦炎的患病率和严重程度似乎并非由过敏的存在所决定。
