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- - The study aimed to compare the inflammatory cells and histopathology of patients with nasal polyps linked to various conditions, including NERD, intrinsic asthma, EGPA, and odontogenic sinusitis.
- - Researchers evaluated 71 patients who underwent sinus surgery and found significant differences in eosinophil counts and neutrophil infiltration across the different groups of nasal polyposis.
- - The findings suggest that examining histopathological features can help differentiate nasal polyp types, which may lead to more tailored treatments and follow-up care based on individual tissue responses.
Article Abstract
Purpose: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs-exacerbated respiratory disease (NERD), intrinsic asthma, eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) and odontogenic sinusitis may be associated with nasal polyps. The aim of the study was to compare circulating inflammatory cells and structural histopathology of these groups of nasal polyposis.
Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 71 patients with nasal polyps stratified according to the above-mentioned pathogenesis. All patients underwent preoperative laboratory investigations and primary endoscopic sinus surgery. Surgical specimens were submitted to structured histopathological evaluation.
Results: The median tissue eosinophil count (cells/HPF) was significantly different between the considered groups of nasal polyposis (p=0.0004). The median of NERD sub-cohort was significantly higher than intrinsic asthma (p=0.0030), odontogenic CRS (p=0.0001) and EGPA ones (p=0.0094). Eosinophilic aggregates positive rate was significantly higher in NERD sub-cohort than in odontogenic CRS (p=0.0072), EGPA (p=0.0497) and asthma (p=0.0188) ones. EGPA sub-cohort had a higher neutrophil infiltrate positive rate than NERD (p=0.0105) and intrinsic asthma ones (p=0.0040). Odontogenic CRS sub-cohort had a higher neutrophil infiltrate positive rate than NERD (p=0.0140) and asthma ones (p=0.0096). EGPA sub-cohort had a higher presence of fibrosis than NERD (p=0.0237) and odontogenic CRS sub-cohort (p=0.0107). Odontogenic sub-cohort had a lower sub-epithelial edema positive rate than NERD (p=0.0028) and asthma (p=0.0149) ones.
Conclusions: Structural histopathology may identify nasal polyps histotypes with different morphological patterns. The identified histopathological features can facilitate the recognition of rational therapeutic and follow-up approaches that consider the tissue modifications associated with the response to drugs and surgery.
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