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Woakes ethmoiditis

MedGen UID:
56373
•Concept ID:
C0155822
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Polypoid sinus degeneration; Polypoid Sinus Degeneration; Woakes' ethmoiditis; Woakes' syndrome
SNOMED CT: Woakes' syndrome (195756009); Woakes' ethmoiditis (195756009); Polypoid sinus degeneration (26808007)

Definition

Recurrent nasal polyps with subsequent destruction of the nasal pyramid. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVWoakes ethmoiditis

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Intranasal ethmoidectomy in nasal polyposis in children. Indications and results.
Triglia JM, Dessi P, Cannoni M, Pech A
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 1992 Mar;23(2):125-31. doi: 10.1016/0165-5876(92)90048-t. PMID: 1563928

Diagnosis

Adult-onset Woakes' syndrome: a rare entity.
Salvador P, Moreira da Silva F, Fonseca R
BMJ Case Rep 2021 Jan 11;14(1) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-236894. PMID: 33431532Free PMC Article
Woakes Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Proptosis due to Sinonasal Polyposis.
Cruz AAV, Chahud F, Akaishi PMS, Enz TJ
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2019 Jul/Aug;35(4):e102-e104. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000001427. PMID: 31283698
Woakes' syndrome and albinism.
Caversaccio M, Baumann A, Helbling A
Auris Nasus Larynx 2007 Jun;34(2):245-8. Epub 2006 Dec 19 doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2006.09.030. PMID: 17182205

Prognosis

Woakes' syndrome and albinism.
Caversaccio M, Baumann A, Helbling A
Auris Nasus Larynx 2007 Jun;34(2):245-8. Epub 2006 Dec 19 doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2006.09.030. PMID: 17182205
Intranasal ethmoidectomy in nasal polyposis in children. Indications and results.
Triglia JM, Dessi P, Cannoni M, Pech A
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 1992 Mar;23(2):125-31. doi: 10.1016/0165-5876(92)90048-t. PMID: 1563928

Clinical prediction guides

Woakes' syndrome.
El Fakiri MM, Lakhdar Y, Raji A
BMJ Case Rep 2019 Mar 31;12(3) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-229021. PMID: 30936362Free PMC Article

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