All issues > Volume 37(7); 1994

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1994;37(7):913-923. Published online July 15, 1994.

Association of Allergic Disease with the Sinusitis in Children

Heung Keun HK Oh¹, Koo Pong KP Jung¹, Hyun Sung HS Park¹, Chang Ok CO Soh¹, Jin Young JY Jung¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Haesung Hospital, Asan Foundation, Ulsan, Korea

Abstract

Sinusitis manifested as symptomatic imflammation of the paranasal sinuses is a common pediatric diagnosis. Many studies have focused more directly on the question of relationship between allergy and sinusitis but the relevance of the relationship between allergy and sinusitis still needs further examination. The purpose of this study is to assess of relationship of allergy to extent or severity of sinusitis. A clinical evaluation was performed on 199 children, age 2 to 15 years, in whom the diagnosis of sinusitis was confirmed by paranasal sinus radiographic assessment at our hospital Pediatric OPD and in the ward from July 1991 to June 1993. The results were as follows: 1) Male was more prominent than female(M:F ratio 1.76:1). The age distribution, 100 cases(55.2%) of the total case were 4-7 year old. 2) The symptoms were coughing, most common(77.9%), rhinorrhea, nasal discharge and nasal stuffiness, in decreasing order. The clinical signs were postnasal drip(62.8%), most common, throat injection, wheezing sound, and allergic shiner in decreasing order. Eighty eight patients were evaluated acute and compared with 111 patients with chronic sinusitis. 3) Comparable study between two groups were summarized as follwos: (1) There was no significant difference in age and sex distribution between acute and chronic group. (2) The lowest seasonal incidence of acute group was seen in summer and autumn but there was no significant variation between both group(p>0.05). (3) Allergc disease was more prevalent in chronc group than acute group(p<0.05). Asthma incidence was higher in chronic group than acute group(p<0.05). (4) The frequency of total IgE level checked by PRIST higher than 200IU/ml in caute group and chronic group was 23.2% and 42.3%, respectively(p<0.05). The incidence of positive skin prick test in acute group and chronic group was 25.0% and 46.5% respectively(p<0.05). (5) Otitis media, nasal polyp and adenoid hypertrophy incidence were higher in chronic group than acute group(p<0.05). (6) There was no significant difference in ESR between both groups. The eosinophilia in peripheral blood higher than 5% in the acute group and chronic group was 15.9% and 42.3% respectively(p<0.05). (7) The patients with chronic group had more severe involvement of the paranasal sinuses than acute group(p<0.05). (8) There were no significant difference in chest radiographic findings and follow up paranasal sinus radiographic finding after treatment(p<0.05).

Keywords :Sinusitis, Allergy