Difference between revisions of "Sinusitis"
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==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Sinonasal mucosa | *Sinonasal mucosa. | ||
**Ciliated epithelium. | **Ciliated epithelium. | ||
**+/-Squamous epithelium. | **+/-Squamous epithelium. | ||
**Subepithelial glands. | **Subepithelial glands. | ||
*Inflammatory cells. | |||
**Plasma cells - usu. predominant. | |||
**Lymphocytes. | |||
*+/-Bone. | *+/-Bone. | ||
Revision as of 20:19, 18 December 2013
Sinusitis is a thing that occasionally comes to the pathologist. This article deals with nonspecific sinusitis, i.e. sinusitis without an identifiable cause.
General
- Clinical diagnosis.
- Benign.
- Very common in general.[1]
Microscopic
Features:
- Sinonasal mucosa.
- Ciliated epithelium.
- +/-Squamous epithelium.
- Subepithelial glands.
- Inflammatory cells.
- Plasma cells - usu. predominant.
- Lymphocytes.
- +/-Bone.
DDx:
See also
References
- ↑ Desrosiers, M.; Evans, GA.; Keith, PK.; Wright, ED.; Kaplan, A.; Bouchard, J.; Ciavarella, A.; Doyle, PW. et al. (2011). "Canadian clinical practice guidelines for acute and chronic rhinosinusitis.". Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 7 (1): 2. doi:10.1186/1710-1492-7-2. PMID 21310056.