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Rhinology
; 25(2): 117-20, 1987 Jun.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3616392
RESUMO
Biopsy material from 50 patients with a known clinical diagnosis of ozena was examined histopathologically. Certain features were invariably seen, including mucosal atrophy, squamous metaplasia, and chronic inflammatory cell infiltrate which suggests a humoral mediated immune process. Histopathologic features allow ozena to be distinguished from chronic non-specific hypertrophic rhinitis, which may have a cell-mediated immune basis underlying its pathogenesis.