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Published on: August 7, 2017
Incidence and etiology of rhinosinusitis in children
P A Clement1, J Bijloos, L Kaufman
1V.U.B., ENT department, Brussels, Belgium.
Abstract:
The authors discuss the incidence of chronic rhinosinusitis in children. From the study of 196 CT-scans, there follows that as well the ethmoidal as the maxillary sinuses are involved in the young child. In older children, however, the incidence of maxillary sinusitis is more frequent. The etiology of chronic rhinosinusitis is discussed stressing the importance of general factors such as environmental factors, congenital and acquired abnormalities and the influence of drugs, as well as of local factors such as again environmental factors, malformations, and upper respiratory infections. Most of these factors are discussed following personal studies.
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