IJSR - International Journal of Scientific Research

Dr Santhosh K Rajamani; Dr Shital P Khedkar; Dr Pravin T Chavan; Dr Sandip K Sathe; Dr Pritikanta Sahu

Volume : VI, Issue : IX, September - 2017

Desert nose syndrome (Rhinitis sicca Anterior) a new type of Irritant Rhinitis – A clinico–pathological research of 93 cases in Kuwait

Dr Santhosh K Rajamani, Dr Shital P Khedkar, Dr Pravin T Chavan, Dr Sandip K Sathe, Dr Pritikanta Sahu

Abstract :

In this clinico–pathological research we describe the “Desert nose syndrome” which is a unique disease in populations exposed to chronic desert environment, which leads to slow destruction of nasal muco–ciliary mechanism and progressive nose block. Though the clinical presentation is similar to Rhinitis sicca Anterior, this disease has unique clinical and endoscopic appearance. Computed tomography of the Para–nasal sinuses is strikingly normal throughout the course of disease and pathology fully confined only to nasal mucosa