Comparision between Allergy and non-Allergy group in Nasal Polyp patients

Yoon, Jeong Yoon; Yun, Sung Hee; Cho, Young Hong; Son, Young Kwang

doi:10.35420/jcohns.1991.2.1.69

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1991; 2(1):69-72

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.1991.2.1.69

원저

비용환자에서 알레르기군과 비알레르기군과의 비교

윤정윤¹, 윤성희¹, 조영홍¹, 손영광¹

Comparision between Allergy and non-Allergy group in Nasal Polyp patients

Jeong Yoon Yoon¹, Sung Hee Yun¹, Young Hong Cho¹, Young Kwang Son¹

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¹대동병원 이비인후과

¹Department of Otolaryngology, Dae Dong Hospital, Pusan

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Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Nasal polyps are very common but chanllenging to the the practicing otolaryngologist. From April 1，1989 to September 30，1989, serial allergy tests were performed in 16 patients with nasal polyp.

According to their symptoms, they were divided into 2 groups : negative allergy history group(group A) and positive allergy history group(group B).

The results are as follows:

Positive reaction to the skin test were noted in 8 patints(50%)，4 of them(40%) were in group A and 4 of them(66.7%) were in group B.
Significant elevation of serum IgE level was noted in 2 patients(33.3%) of only group B.
Blood eosinophilia was noted in 6 patients(37.5%), 4 of them(40%) were in group A and 2 of them(33.3%) were in group B.
Eosinophilia in nasal secretion was noted in 2 patients(20%) in group A.

We used chi-squred test to evaluate the statistical significance of each test results. There was no significant difference between allergy and non-allergy group.