Author:
Myszkowska Dorota,Bazgier Monika,Brońska Sara,Nowak Karol,Ożga Joanna,Woźniak Aleksandra,Stanisz Andrzej,Szaleniec Joanna
Abstract
AbstractNasal scraping cytology is a non-invasive tool used in the diagnostics of allergic and non-allergic rhinitis. The study aimed to analyze to what extent the cytological picture of the nasal mucosa coincides with the diagnosis of a given disease, taking into account the content of eosinophils. Retrospective analysis of the cytograms performed in 842 patients was carried out in relation to the disease entities and the content of eosinophils. Significant relationship between the Epith:Infl ratio and the four groups of diseases (Chi2 = 9.6488; p = .014) was confirmed. The more intensive inflammation was found, the higher percentage of patients had manifested the increased level of eosinophils (> 1% in the inflammatory cells). The value of 20% of eosinophils in all counted cells corresponds to around 45% of eosinophils in the inflammatory cells in patients with the evident inflammatory picture. Allergic rhinitis presents a different cytological picture regarding the eosinophilic reaction against the background of the inflammation process: the higher degree of inflammation observed, the lower amount of eosinophils detected, with the exception of allergic rhinitis provoked by pollen allergens.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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