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Background: Sino-nasal polyps can be treated medically (with systemic and local steroids) or surgically; but a lot of patients refuse surgical intervention or are contraindicated to use systemic steroids. Intra-polyp steroid injections have recently been
Nehad Hassan Abdelrahman +3 more
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Investigation of PDE5 effect on NOS in nasal polyp pathophysiology. [PDF]
Purpose: Nasal polyps are masses resulting from chronic mucosal inflammation. Nitric oxide (NO) has recently attracted attention in nasal polyps as it plays an important role in both acute and chronic inflammation.
Mutlu V +4 more
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Fibroepithelial Polyp Originating from the Nasal Septum [PDF]
Fibroepithelial polyp (FEP) is a rare clinical condition of mesodermal origin, covered usually by squamous epithelium, originating most frequently from the skin, genitourinary and lower respiratory tract.
Aleksandar Perić, Marko Stoiljkov
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Background: The chemokine receptor, CC-chemokine receptor 3 (CCR3), and its major ligands, eotaxin, RANTES, and MCP-4, are involved in eosinophil chemotaxis. It is thought that CCR3 plays an important role in the recruitment and activation of eosinophils
Hidekazu Saito +4 more
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Sphenochoanal polyp causing obstruction
Nasal polyps are mostly referred to as antrochoanal polyps. Polyp arising from sphenoid sinus as such is a rare entity. Radiological investigations include a CT scan of paranasal sinuses and diagnostic nasal endoscopy will confirm the diagnosis. Once the
Shashikant Anil Pol +3 more
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VISUALIZE: a 24-week, open-label study using nasal endoscopy video to evaluate the efficacy and safety of EDS-FLU 186 μg twice daily in adults with bilateral nasal polyps [PDF]
Background: In prior phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled trials, fluticasone propionate exhalation delivery system (EDSFLU) over 24 weeks showed significant reduction in total polyp score compared with EDS-placebo.
William C. Yao +3 more
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A statistical approach for robust polyp detection in CT colonography [PDF]
In this paper we describe the development of a computationally efficient computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm based on the statistical features derived from the local colonic surface that are used for the detection of colonic polyps in computed ...
Chowdhury, Tarik A. +5 more
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EOSINOPHILS PROFILE AND LUND-MACKAY SCORE OF NASAL POLYPS IN ARIFIN ACHMAD HOSPITAL, RIAU PROVINCE
: Theories suggest that nasal polyps occur as a result of chronic inflammation of the nasal and sinus mucosa. Eosinophils are the main inflammatory cells found in nasal polyp tissue.
Yolazenia Yolazenia +4 more
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Role of Antileukotrienes In Prevention of Recurrence of Nasal Polyps [PDF]
Background: Nasal polyps are common in patients with chro nic rhinosinusitis, yet, to date, little is known about the pathophysiology of nasal polyp formation. This study aimed to determine the effect of montelukast (a leukotriene receptor antagonist) as
Samir Sorour +3 more
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