ABSTRACT
The goal of this study was throw some light on the changes of the electrophoretic pattern in the patients with rhinoscleroma and allergic rhinitis and on the possible changes of the serum iron and copper in the same patients. This study was carried on forty patients as a study group which subdivided into two groups: group [A] twenty patients suffering from rhinoscleroma and group [B] twenty patients suffering from allergic rhinitis, this group was picked up from E.N.T clinic. Ten normal persons were taken as a control group which matched with the diseased group. The results of this study demonstrated that in the rhinoscleroma group [Group A], there was highly significant increase in the mean level of alpha globulin in about of 70% of cases rather than the control group and also there was decrease in the mean level of gamma glublin in about of 40% of cases in comparison with the control group and insignificant increase of beta glublin and there was no statistically difference between protein, albumin and alpha 2. Also this results showed that in the allergic rhinitis group [Group B], there was highly significant increase in the mean level of alpha 2 in about of 75% of cases of also increase of alpha 1 in about 30% of cases and decrease of level of beta in about of 30% of cases with no significant difference between group [B] and the control group in the mean level of the total protein, albumin and gamma globulin. This study found that the mean level of iron was decreased in the group of rhinoscleroma than the control group but present in around of its normal level in the group of allergic rhinitis. On the other hand, this study found that the mean of serum copper was increased in both groups than the control group