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MIDDLE TURBINATE, LEFT, EXCISION:
- INFLAMED SINONASAL MUCOSA AND BONE.
- NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
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==See also==
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Revision as of 20:20, 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

Microscopic

Features:

  • Sinonasal mucosa.
    • Ciliated epithelium.
    • +/-Squamous epithelium.
    • Subepithelial glands.
  • Inflammatory cells.
    • Plasma cells - usu. predominant.
    • Lymphocytes.
  • +/-Bone.

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MIDDLE TURBINATE, LEFT, EXCISION:
- INFLAMED SINONASAL MUCOSA AND BONE.
- NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.

See also

References

  1. 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.