A Comparative Study of Immunoglobulin (E) Levels in the Nasal Mucosa and Blood in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patients With and Without Nasal Polyps | ||||
| The Medical Journal of Cairo University | ||||
| Article 9, Volume 87, March, March 2019, Page 59-64 PDF (557.93 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjcu.2019.52321 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| MOHAMED S.M. KASSEM, M.Sc.; EMAD M.K. SHEHATA, M.D.; HASSAN M. HEGAZY, M.D.; YASSER I. AGLAN, M.D. | ||||
| The Departments of Otorhinolaryngology* and Otolaryngology**, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Abstract Background: Rhinosinusitis is a significant health problem, which results in a large financial burden on the society. Chronic rhinosinusitis is a multi-factorial disease. These factors are mucociliairy impairment, (bacterial) infection, allergy, asthma, genetic factors and environmental factors. Critical analysis of the papers linking atopy as a risk factor to rhinosinusitis (chronic or acute). Immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels increase when patient exposed to common antigens (e.g., house dust, animal dander and pollen) with increased production of allergen-specific IgE. Aim of Study: The aim of this work is to compare the level of IgE in the nasal mucosa and blood in chronic rhinos-inusitis patients with and without nasal polyps. Patients and Methods: 60 patients, presented with Chronic rhinosinusitis with and without nasal polyps were enrolled in the study. Patients were divided into two groups: (Group I) Chronic rhinosinusitis patients with nasal polyps and (group II) Chronic rhinosinusitis patients without nasal polyps. Levels of total and local IgE were measured in two groups. Results: Group I show that local IgE was high than normal but total IgE was within normal range. Group II shows that local and total IgE were within normal range. Conclusions: This study suggests a higher prevalence of allergy in Chronic Rhinosinusitis patients with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP) than Chronic Rhinosinusitis patients without Nasal Polyps (CRSsNP). | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Local IgE – Total IgE; Chronic rhinosinusitis patients with nasal polyps (CRSwNP); Chronic rhinosinusitis patients without nasal polyps (CRSs-NP) | ||||
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