… Finally, we compared nasal cytology in patients who had first recurrence within 10 years and
… showed that nasal cytology may play an important role in predicting early recurrence. The …

… of nasal cytology in the followup of patients with nasal polyps. Indeed, only nasal cytology
allows … Thus, only a sure cytological diagnosis allows to precisely define the prognostic factors. …

… From a cytological point of view, nasal eosinophilic … by a higher polyp recurrence rate after
surgery.10, 11 … The aim of our study was to assess the predictive value of nasal cytology and …

… Considering that nasal polyps recur in approximately one-… in whom we might expect recurrence
and in predicting clinical … of recurrence, such as high eosinophilic infiltrates in polyps72 …

… polyp development.Some morphologic changes in the respiratory epithelium of nasal polyps
(ie, squamous metaplasia) and a recurrence rate of … For quantitative DNA analysis cytologic …

… Recurrence of nasal polyps after sinus surgery is a frequent event and has several potential
reasons. … Moreover, patients with normal nasal cytology at follow-up evaluation had a lower …

… Nasal polyp tissue was obtained at surgery and placed in … Nasal cytology was considered
positive when more than 5 … and clear recurrence of polyposis on endoscopy (nasal polyps …

… Prognostic index of nasal polyp relapse based on clinical and cytologic grading. … Clinical
and cytologic grading and prognostic index of nasal polyps relapse are reported in Figure 1. …

… The normal turnover of ciliated cells is about 3 weeks; thus, recurrent/chronic inflammations
… itching) and it is often associated with the presence of asthma and/or nasal sinus polyposis. …

… Moreover, ECRS patients seem to have a poorer response to medical and surgical treatments
with high polyp recurrence rate and severely impaired quality of life 5 . Therefore, early …