[New cytologic norms for nasal mucosa].

A comparison was made between the nasal smears (cytology) of the healthy nasal mucosa in 1982 and 1992. An increasing number of migration cells, especially eozynophiles and lymphocytes was found. In same cases besophils appeared. Changes concerned also epithelia. There was an increasing number of squamous cells and decreasing number of goblet cells. The described changes show the defensive processes of mucous membrane bordering pathology.