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sinusitis in children
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definition
• inflammation of 1 or more of the paranasal sinuses
• acute sinusitis: <4 weeks• subacute sinusitis: 4 to 12 weeks• chronic sinusitis: > 12 weeks – some guidelines also requiring :• failure to respond to treatment• one positive imaging study
definition
EPOS Guidelines, Rhinology 2012
etiology
• multifactorial– local factor–host factor–environmental
pathophysiology
• bacteriology• CD4+ Lymphocytes and eosinophils • adenoids
"Microbiology of Sinusitis", Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society, Vol. 8, No. 1 (2011), pp. 90-100.
Tomassen P, Van Zele T, Zhang N, Perez-Novo C, Van Bruaene N, Gevaert P, et al.Pathophysiology of chronic rhinosinusitis.Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society. 2011 Mar;8(1):115-20.
iImpossible to differentiate between adenoid hypertrophy/adenitis and sinusitis
clinical
• full history and exam• anterior rhinoscopy – middle meatus, IT, mucosa, pus
• nasoendoscopy (if tolerated)– middle meatus, adenoid bed, nasopharynx
• oral cavity– Drainage, cobble stoning, tonsillar hypertrophy
• polys – Rule out CF, AFS
clinical
• video
however…• S/S difficult to evaluate in infants and
preschool children:– congestion (very subjective/indirect/parent’s bias)– only anterior rhinorrhea is reported– sense of smell– headache/toothache/facial pain– cough, irritability, fever, fatigue etc unspecific symptoms– examination difficult, endosocpy almost impossible
Jones NS, Acute and chronic sinusitis in children. Curr Opinion Pulm Med, 2000 May;6(3):221-5
Severity of Sinusitis• Disease severity can be divided into:– Mild (0-3 points)– Moderate (4-7 points)– Severe (8-10 points)
• Using a 10-point scoring system or Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
EPOS Guidelines, Rhinology 2012
consider
• allergic rhinitis• asthma• GERD• immune deficiency• primary ciliary dyskinesia• cystic fibrosis
investigation
• culture• allergy skin testing/RAST• immunodeficiency testing• CT scan– poor sensitivity and specificity
• MRI for complications– orbital– intracranial
Radiologic correlates of symptom-based diagnostic criteriafor chronic rhinosinusitis Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2003;128:489-96
medical treatment
EPOS Guidelines, Rhinology 2012
surgical treatment
• adenoidectomy: improvement in 70%
• FESS: improvement in ~ 86% with 0.6% complication
FESS
surgical treatment
• FESS meta analysis: improvement in 82-100%, complication rate 1.6%
• no impact on facial skeleton growth
treatment
EPOS Guidelines, Rhinology 2012
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