Abstract

SANTA, Cátia et al. Chronic rhinosinusitis with and without nasal polyposis. Rev Port Imunoalergologia [online]. 2022, vol.30, n.3, pp.207-221.  Epub Sep 30, 2022. ISSN 0871-9721.  https://doi.org/10.32932/rpia.2022.09.088.

Chronic rhinosinusitis, currently considered a public health problem, is a heterogeneous group of entities with a multifactorial etiology and is characterized by the presence of characteristic nasosinusal symptoms in association with clinical or radiographic features of inflammation. It can be subdivided into chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps (CRSsNP) and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), with several variants that can be considered as additional chronic rhinosinusitis subphenotypes. It is also important to take into consideration its main differential diagnosis. The preferred medical treatment should be directed towards nasosinusal inflammation. Surgical treatment might be necessary in patients who are refractory or present contraindications to medical treatment. This paper aims to review the literature on chronic rhinosinusitis presenting a clinical vignette of a patient with CRSwNP followed in an Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department as a starting point.

Keywords : Nasal polyposis; rhinitis; rhinosinusitis.

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