The association of computed tomography findings with systemic
eosinophilia in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps
Abstract
S) score, posterior ethmoid sinus (PES) score, sphenoid sinus (SS)
score, ethmoid sinus score/maxillary sinus score (ES/MS) ratio and
posterior ethmoid sinus score/anterior ethmoid sinus score (PES/AES)
ratio were significantly higher in the B-high subgroup. Logistic
regression analyses disclosed that comparing with other sinus CT
parameters, OC score was an independent predictor for systemic
eosinophilia. There was a moderate correlation between OC score and the
level of blood eosinophil (r=0.57, P<0.001). Conclusion:
Olfactory cleft opacification shown in paranasal sinus CT may be a
marker for the phenotype of CRSwNP with systemic eosinophilia, which
appears to be closely related to olfactory dysfunction.