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Atrophic rhinitis

MedGen UID:
48450
Concept ID:
C0035459
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Atrophic Rhinitides; Atrophic Rhinitis; Rhinitides, Atrophic; Rhinitis, Atrophic
SNOMED CT: Atrophic rhinitis (28111002)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005659

Definition

A chronic inflammation in which the nasal mucosa gradually changes from a functional to a non-functional lining without mucociliary clearance. It is often accompanied by degradation of the bony turbinates, and the foul-smelling mucus which forms a greenish crust (ozena). [from MONDO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Talmadge J, Nayak JV, Yao W, Citardi MJ
Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am 2019 Nov;27(4):465-475. doi: 10.1016/j.fsc.2019.07.005. PMID: 31587766
Seidman MD, Gurgel RK, Lin SY, Schwartz SR, Baroody FM, Bonner JR, Dawson DE, Dykewicz MS, Hackell JM, Han JK, Ishman SL, Krouse HJ, Malekzadeh S, Mims JW, Omole FS, Reddy WD, Wallace DV, Walsh SA, Warren BE, Wilson MN, Nnacheta LC; Guideline Otolaryngology Development Group. AAO-HNSF
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2015 Feb;152(1 Suppl):S1-43. doi: 10.1177/0194599814561600. PMID: 25644617
Dutt SN, Kameswaran M
J Laryngol Otol 2005 Nov;119(11):843-52. doi: 10.1258/002221505774783377. PMID: 16354334

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Jwad AA, Albualih WA, Mahdi AK
J Popul Ther Clin Pharmacol 2022;28(2):e78-e82. Epub 2022 Jan 21 doi: 10.47750/jptcp.2022.861. PMID: 35213106
Sur DKC, Plesa ML
Am Fam Physician 2018 Aug 1;98(3):171-176. PMID: 30215894
Seidman MD, Gurgel RK, Lin SY, Schwartz SR, Baroody FM, Bonner JR, Dawson DE, Dykewicz MS, Hackell JM, Han JK, Ishman SL, Krouse HJ, Malekzadeh S, Mims JW, Omole FS, Reddy WD, Wallace DV, Walsh SA, Warren BE, Wilson MN, Nnacheta LC; Guideline Otolaryngology Development Group. AAO-HNSF
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2015 Feb;152(1 Suppl):S1-43. doi: 10.1177/0194599814561600. PMID: 25644617
Mishra A, Kawatra R, Gola M
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 Feb 15;(2):CD008280. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008280.pub2. PMID: 22336840
Hildenbrand T, Weber RK, Brehmer D
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2011 Jan;268(1):17-26. Epub 2010 Sep 29 doi: 10.1007/s00405-010-1391-z. PMID: 20878413

Diagnosis

Bakshi SS
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2019 Nov-Dec;7(8):2850. Epub 2019 Aug 23 doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2019.07.007. PMID: 31451401
Sur DKC, Plesa ML
Am Fam Physician 2018 Aug 1;98(3):171-176. PMID: 30215894
Baptist AP, Nyenhuis S
Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2016 May;36(2):343-57. Epub 2016 Mar 4 doi: 10.1016/j.iac.2015.12.010. PMID: 27083107Free PMC Article
Seidman MD, Gurgel RK, Lin SY, Schwartz SR, Baroody FM, Bonner JR, Dawson DE, Dykewicz MS, Hackell JM, Han JK, Ishman SL, Krouse HJ, Malekzadeh S, Mims JW, Omole FS, Reddy WD, Wallace DV, Walsh SA, Warren BE, Wilson MN, Nnacheta LC; Guideline Otolaryngology Development Group. AAO-HNSF
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2015 Feb;152(1 Suppl):S1-43. doi: 10.1177/0194599814561600. PMID: 25644617
Beard S
Prim Care 2014 Mar;41(1):33-46. Epub 2013 Nov 28 doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2013.10.005. PMID: 24439879Free PMC Article

Therapy

Sur DKC, Plesa ML
Am Fam Physician 2018 Aug 1;98(3):171-176. PMID: 30215894
Seidman MD, Gurgel RK, Lin SY, Schwartz SR, Baroody FM, Bonner JR, Dawson DE, Dykewicz MS, Hackell JM, Han JK, Ishman SL, Krouse HJ, Malekzadeh S, Mims JW, Omole FS, Reddy WD, Wallace DV, Walsh SA, Warren BE, Wilson MN, Nnacheta LC; Guideline Otolaryngology Development Group. AAO-HNSF
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2015 Feb;152(1 Suppl):S1-43. doi: 10.1177/0194599814561600. PMID: 25644617
Kuan EC, Suh JD, Wang MB
Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2015 Jan;15(1):493. doi: 10.1007/s11882-014-0493-x. PMID: 25430954
Beard S
Prim Care 2014 Mar;41(1):33-46. Epub 2013 Nov 28 doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2013.10.005. PMID: 24439879Free PMC Article
Simons FE
Pediatr Clin North Am 1984 Aug;31(4):801-19. doi: 10.1016/s0031-3955(16)34646-6. PMID: 6205358

Prognosis

Bondarenko RV, Bezshapochnyy SB, Bezega MI, Loburets VV, Kostenko VO, Akimov OY, Bilous AM
Pol Merkur Lekarski 2024;52(1):17-22. doi: 10.36740/Merkur202401103. PMID: 38518228
Greiner AN, Meltzer EO
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2011 Mar;8(1):121-31. doi: 10.1513/pats.201004-033RN. PMID: 21364230
Bachert C
Allergy 2004;59 Suppl 76:11-5; discussion 15. doi: 10.1111/j.0108-1675.2004.00389.x. PMID: 14984551
Moore EJ, Kern EB
Am J Rhinol 2001 Nov-Dec;15(6):355-61. PMID: 11777241
Shehata MA
Am J Otolaryngol 1996 Mar-Apr;17(2):81-6. doi: 10.1016/s0196-0709(96)90000-9. PMID: 8820180

Clinical prediction guides

Jwad AA, Albualih WA, Mahdi AK
J Popul Ther Clin Pharmacol 2022;28(2):e78-e82. Epub 2022 Jan 21 doi: 10.47750/jptcp.2022.861. PMID: 35213106
Kim DH, Lee MH, Lee J, Song EA, Kim SW, Kim SW
ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 2021;83(2):104-111. Epub 2021 Feb 9 doi: 10.1159/000513099. PMID: 33561860
Abdel-Naby Awad OG, Hasan MM
Am J Otolaryngol 2019 Mar-Apr;40(2):137-142. Epub 2019 Jan 16 doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2019.01.007. PMID: 30670313
Leong SC
Laryngoscope 2015 Jul;125(7):1557-62. Epub 2015 Feb 3 doi: 10.1002/lary.25170. PMID: 25647010
Schlosser RJ
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Suppl 2006 Sep;196:40-4. doi: 10.1177/00034894061150s907. PMID: 17040017

Recent systematic reviews

Marshak T, Yun WK, Hazout C, Sacks R, Harvey RJ
J Laryngol Otol 2016 Jul;130 Suppl 4:S7-S28. doi: 10.1017/S0022215116008008. PMID: 27488341
Leong SC
Laryngoscope 2015 Jul;125(7):1557-62. Epub 2015 Feb 3 doi: 10.1002/lary.25170. PMID: 25647010
Mishra A, Kawatra R, Gola M
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 Feb 15;(2):CD008280. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008280.pub2. PMID: 22336840
Boyce J, Eccles R
Clin Otolaryngol 2006 Feb;31(1):15-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2006.01125.x. PMID: 16441795

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