Iwens P, Clement P A
ENT Department, University Hospital, Free University, Brussels, Belgium.
Rhinology. 1994 Jun;32(2):65-7.
Allergy is one of the aetiologic factors in the pathogenesis of sinusitis. To determine its influence on the occurrence of sinusitis the authors studied CT-scans of the sinuses in 59 allergic children and 62 allergic adults. Sinusitis was found in 36 children (61%) and 36 adults (58%). These results were compared with two previous studies consisting of mainly non-allergic children (n = 196) and mainly non-allergic adults (n = 350). Except for allergy, identical inclusion and evaluation criteria were used. In the previous studies, sinusitis was found in 125 children (64%) and 201 adults (57.5%). According to these results it seems that the prevalence and the extent of sinus mucosa involvement is not determined by aetiology (allergic or non-allergic). Age seems to be of major importance regarding the extent of sinus disease.
过敏是鼻窦炎发病机制中的病因之一。为确定其对鼻窦炎发生的影响，作者研究了59名过敏儿童和62名过敏成人的鼻窦CT扫描结果。在36名儿童（61%）和36名成人（58%）中发现了鼻窦炎。这些结果与之前两项主要针对非过敏儿童（n = 196）和非过敏成人（n = 350）的研究进行了比较。除过敏因素外，采用了相同的纳入和评估标准。在之前的研究中，125名儿童（64%）和201名成人（57.5%）中发现了鼻窦炎。根据这些结果，似乎鼻窦黏膜受累的患病率和程度并非由病因（过敏或非过敏）决定。年龄似乎对鼻窦疾病的程度至关重要。
