Summary
Definition
History and exam
Key diagnostic factors
- obstrução nasal
- secreção nasal
- pólipos visíveis no exame físico ou de imagem
Other diagnostic factors
- pressão/dor facial
- olfato reduzido/anosmia
- tosse
Risk factors
- asma
- granulomatose eosinofílica com poliangiite (GEPA, também conhecida como síndrome de Churg-Strauss)
- rinossinusite fúngica alérgica (RSFA)
- sensibilidade à aspirina
- predisposição genética
Diagnostic tests
1st tests to order
- rinoscopia anterior
- endoscopia nasal
Tests to consider
- TC dos seios nasais
- biópsia
- cultura e esfregaço nasal
- Hemograma completo com diferencial
- anticorpo anticitoplasma de neutrófilo (ANCA)
- velocidade de hemossedimentação (VHS)
- testes alérgicos cutâneos por puntura/testes de IgE sérica específica para alérgeno
- teste de desafio de aspirina
- exames de olfação
- medidas de qualidade de vida
- avaliação das vias aéreas nasais
Treatment algorithm
polipose leve a moderada (escala visual analógica [EVA] 0-7)
polipose grave (escala visual analógica [EVA] >7)
Contributors
Authors
Hesham A. Saleh, MBBCh, FRCS, FRCS (ORL-HNS)

Consultant Rhinologist
Charing Cross Hospital
Professor of Practice in Rhinology
Imperial College
London
UK
Disclosures
HAS declares that he has no competing interests.
Guy Scadding, FRCP, PhD
Consultant Allergist
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust
London
UK
Disclosures
GS has received lecture fees from ALK-Abello, Meda, and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals and sponsorship from GSK to attend a conference.
Acknowledgements
Dr Hesham A. Saleh and Dr Guy Scadding would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Richard J. D. Hewitt and Dr Romana Kuchai, previous contributors to this topic.
Disclosures
RJDH and RK declare that they have no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Sietze Reitsma, MD, PhD
Rhinologist
Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Disclosures
SR declares that he has no competing interests.
Differentials
- Câncer nasofaríngeo
- Lesões congênitas (por exemplo, encefalococo, concha bolhosa)
- Corpo estranho
More DifferentialsGuidelines
- The Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters GRADE guidelines for the medical management of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis
- European position paper on rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps 2020
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