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Chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps

Última revisión: 22 Aug 2025
Última actualización: 10 Dec 2024

Resumen

Definición

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • facial pain/pressure
  • nasal obstruction
  • nasal discharge/postnasal drip
  • purulence
  • headache
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Other diagnostic factors

  • fatigue
  • cough
  • hyposmia/anosmia
  • fever
  • halitosis
  • dental pain
  • ear pain/pressure
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Risk factors

  • ciliary dysfunction
  • aspirin sensitivity
  • allergic rhinitis
  • airway hyperreactivity/asthma
  • previous sinus surgery
  • immunodeficiency
  • severe mid-septal deviations
  • concha bullosa deformity
  • paradoxically bent middle turbinates
  • foreign bodies
  • craniofacial anomalies
  • smoking
  • environmental pollution
  • sarcoidosis
  • granulomatosis with polyangiitis
  • history of asthma
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Diagnostic investigations

1st investigations to order

  • anterior rhinoscopy
  • nasal endoscopy
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Investigations to consider

  • maxillofacial CT
  • sinus MRI
  • nasal/sinus cultures
  • allergy testing
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

chronic rhinosinusitis

ONGOING

continued symptoms despite medical therapy

Contributors

Authors

Raj Sindwani, MD, FACS, FRCS

Section Head of Rhinology, Sinus, and Skull Base Surgery

Head and Neck Institute

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland

OH

Disclosures

RS is an author of a number of references cited in this topic. RS is a consultant for Optinose, Stryker, and 3D Matrix.

Christopher Roxbury, MD

Associate Professor

Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery

Section of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Department of Surgery

University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences

Chicago

IL

利益声明

CR declares that he has no competing interests.

鸣谢

Dr R Sindwani and Dr C Roxbury would like to acknowledge Dr J Antisdel, a previous contributor to this topic.

同行评议者

Ryland P. Byrd, Jr, MD

Professor

James H. Quillen College of Medicine

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City

TN

利益声明

RPB declares that he has no competing interests.

Thomas Sanford, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

St Louis University School of Medicine

St Louis

MO

利益声明

TS declares that he has no competing interests.

Ozgur Yigit, MD

Chief

ENT Department

Istanbul Training and Research Hospital

Istanbul

Turkey

利益声明

OY declares that he has no competing interests.

Christos Georgalas, MD, PhD, DLO, FRCS (ORL-HNS)

Assistant Professor/Consultant

Academic Medical Center

Amsterdam

The Netherlands

利益声明

CG declares that he has no competing interests.

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关键文献

Rosenfeld RM, Piccirillo JF, Chandrasekhar SS, et al. Clinical practice guideline (update): adult sinusitis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015 Apr;152(2 Suppl):S1-S39.全文  摘要

Peters AT, Spector S, Hsu J, et al. Diagnosis and management of rhinosinusitis: a practice parameter update. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2014 Oct;113(4):347-85. 摘要

Fokkens WJ, Lund VJ, Hopkins C, et al. European Position Paper on rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps 2020. Rhinology. 2020 Feb 20;58(suppl s29):1-464. 摘要

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