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Objective: An ethmoid-dominant shadow on computed tomography is an indicator of type 2 inflammation, and is one of the main items used to diagnose and classify the severity of eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis in the Japanese diagnostic criteria. Ethmoid sinus dominance is examined using the Lund-Mackay scoring system and may be overestimated due to scoring characteristics. We aim to investigate the accuracy of evaluations of ethmoid dominance using the conventional scoring system and the possibility of conducting an objective evaluation using a more detailed other scoring system., Methods: Patients diagnosed with eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis and who underwent bilateral endoscopic sinus surgery were enrolled in the present study. Computed tomography was performed preoperatively on all subjects. The bilateral anterior and posterior ethmoid sinuses and bilateral maxillary sinus were scored, and the ethmoid-to-maxillary ratio was calculated using 3 different scoring systems: Lund-Mackay (each sinus score ranges between 0 and 2), simplified Zinreich (score ranging between 0 and 3), and Zinreich (score ranging between 0 and 5)., Results: A total of 149 patients were eligible for the present study. Significant differences were observed in ethmoid-to-maxillary ratio evaluated by the 3 different scoring systems (2.4 ± 0.7, 3.0 ± 1.1, and 3.7 ± 2.2). Only 2 patients were negative for ethmoid dominance by the Lund-Mackay scoring system, while 14 were negative by the simplified-Zinreich and Zinreich scoring systems. Severity changed from the initial grade in 12 patients., Conclusions: The present results confirmed a potential overestimation when only the Lund-Mackay scoring system was used to assess ethmoid dominance. Ethmoid dominance has been identified as one of the main predictive factors for the long-term postoperative outcomes of eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis and is included in the Japanese diagnostic criteria. A detailed evaluation of ethmoid dominance is desirable for more accurate evaluations of the severity and prognosis of eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis., (Copyright © 2024 Associação Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cérvico-Facial. Published by Elsevier España S.L.U. All rights reserved.)

Objective: Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) is selected as the primary treatment for eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (ECRS). Biologics or reoperation are sometimes required as secondary treatment after ESS. The present study examined the long-term postoperative courses of ECRS cases treated according to the current treatment concept, the frequency of secondary treatment, and its predictive factors., Methods: Ninety-four patients with ECRS who underwent ESS and received continuous management for 1-5 years were retrospectively investigated. Patient characteristics, long-term changes in endoscopic scores and the results of olfactory function tests, and secondary treatment were evaluated., Results: Five patients underwent reoperation and 11 received dupilumab during the follow-up period (35.9±19.2 months). Sixteen patients (17%) required secondary treatment due to the deterioration of sinus conditions. These patients were significantly younger, had higher comorbidity rates of allergic rhinitis and bronchial asthma, and a higher preoperative CT score than those who did not require secondary treatment. Three months after surgery, CT scores, endoscopic scores (E-scores), and the self-administered odor questionnaire (SAOQ) were significantly worse in patients who required secondary treatment. A multivariate regression analysis identified age, preoperative CT scores, and 3-month E-scores as predictive factors for secondary treatment. Three-month E-scores showed higher sensitivity and specificity, and the odds ratio was 11.3 when the cut-off value was set at 10., Conclusion: The early identification of patients for whom ESS may fail is important and additional treatments need to be provided at the appropriate timing where needed. Patients with the following factors need to be carefully followed up: a young age, high preoperative CT score, and high early postoperative E-score., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest None., (Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier B.V.)

Background: It is known that eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis is often associated with adult-onset bronchial asthma, and undiagnosed bronchial asthma is also known to be included. The purpose of this study is to screen patients with eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis using fractional exhaled nitric oxide, and to examine its usefulness in detecting undiagnosed bronchial asthma., Methods: We retrospectively examined the data of patients with eosinophilic chrnoic rhinosinusitis who underwent surgical treatment at Kagawa University from April 2015 to July 2022. Patients were included if they received examinations of fractional exhaled nitric oxide and spirometry before surgical treatment., Results: Of the 127 subjects, 52 had no history of treatment or diagnosis of bronchial asthma at the initial consultation. Among them, 15 patients who had high fractional exhaled nitric oxide value were diagnosed with bronchial asthma by the respiratory medicine department. Comorbid of bronchial asthma was eventually increased to 70.9% even though it was 59.1% at initial consultation., Conclusion: A certain number of patients with eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis have undiagnosed bronchial asthma, which can be difficult to detect with basic examination alone therefore fractional exhaled nitric oxide is useful as an additional screening examination.

Objective: Eosinophilic Chronic Rhinosinusitis (ECRS) is refractory and recurrent, requiring long-term follow-up after Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (ESS). Endoscopic evaluation is common during postoperative assessment, but how the findings vary over time in postoperative ECRS patients who were treated by the recent standardized management is unclear. We assessed the long-term change in postoperative endoscopic score in ECRS patients using a novel endoscopic scoring system (Escore)., Methods: This retrospective study included 80 ECRS patients who underwent full-house ESS and were followed for longer than 1-year. Endoscopic procedures were repeated at every follow-up visit and postoperative Escores were assessed from 3-months up to 5-years (median follow-up period was 3-years)., Results: The Escore did not significantly change from that at 3-months (3m-Escore). The Escore at the final observation point (f-Escore) among 80 patients was 9.2 ± 5.6 and there was no significant difference from the 3m-Escore (8.5 ± 4.1, p = 0.363). Twenty-one patients (21/80, 26.3%) were considered to have endoscopically uncontrolled ECRS at their final observation points and the 3m-Escore was identified as an independent predictive factor by multivariate logistic regression analysis. The 3m-Escore cut-off value that was able to predict endoscopically uncontrolled ECRS after long-term follow-up was ≥12., Conclusion: We demonstrated the long-term endoscopic outcomes after full-house ESS and continuous outpatient treatment. Early endoscopic findings (3m-Escore) were a potential predictive factor for the later endoscopic outcome, and a 3m-Escore of 12 or higher may be an indicator of the poor long-term prognosis of sinus mucosa., (Copyright © 2021 Associação Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cérvico-Facial. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.)

Background: Olfactory dysfunction is one of the common symptoms of eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (ECRS), for which endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) is the standard treatment. Although the success rates of ESS for restoring olfaction in CRS have been reported, those for ECRS, as defined by new Japanese diagnostic criteria, remain unclear and the parameters affecting improvement rates have not yet been identified., Methods: Eighty-four patients with ECRS who underwent full-house ESS were retrospectively investigated. Olfactory function was examined using T&T recognition thresholds before and 3 months after surgery., Results: The total positive improvement rate in olfaction was 76.2% (64 of 84) and the mean T&T recognition threshold decreased significantly from 5.2 ± 1.1 to 3.0 ± 1.8 after surgery (p < 0.001). Some factors, including negative intravenous olfaction test, presence of olfactory cleft (OC) lesions, a history of sinus surgery, age ≥ 45 years, and being male, were more frequent in the olfaction refractory group. Furthermore, improvement of the T&T recognition threshold was significantly lower for factors of negative intravenous olfaction testing, the presence of OC lesions, and being male. Age and the proportion of blood eosinophils correlated with improvement., Conclusion: Herein we examined prognostic factors for olfactory outcomes in ECRS treated with ESS. The intravenous olfaction test, presence of OC lesions, sex differences, and age (the cut-off value was 45 years) were identified as independent prognostic factors for olfactory outcomes 3 months after surgery., (© 2019 ARS-AAOA, LLC.)

Background: The histological changes corticosteroids induce in nasal polyps, and whether these changes have an impact on the diagnosis of eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (ECRS), currently remain unclear., Objectives: A prospective controlled multicenter trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of the low-dose and short-term oral prednisolone (oPSL) treatment for tissue eosinophil infiltrations in ECRS., Methods: Subjects with ECRS diagnosed by previous biopsies received a low dose of oPSL for 3 days (PSL 3) or 7 days (PSL 7) before surgery. Changes in the tissue eosinophil count after these treatments were evaluated. Furthermore, the percent change of tissue eosinophil count from baseline and its impact on the diagnosis defined by the JESREC study were examined., Results: There were 23 and 21 subjects in the PSL 3 and PSL 7 groups, respectively. Polyp scores, clinical symptom scores, and the proportion of blood eosinophils significantly decreased after the treatment, and no significant differences were observed between the groups. The entire tissue eosinophil count tended to be slightly decreased in both groups without reaching a statistically significant value. The median percent change of tissue eo-sinophil count from baseline was 83.6%, and only the posttreatment proportion of blood eosinophil showed a mild correlation with it. Seven out of 44 nasal polyp specimens collected from the superficial part of the middle meatus showed < 70 eosinophils/high-power field; therefore, the false negative rate was 15.9%, but decreased to 11.4% when other parts were included in the histological evaluation., Conclusions: Low-dose and short-term oPSL did not appear to markedly affect the tissue eosinophil count in ECRS patients; however, the potential for misdiagnoses due to the effects of oPSL cannot be rejected. The diagnosis of ECRS prior to the administration of corticosteroids or tissue evaluations using multiple tissue parts is desirable., (© 2019 S. Karger AG, Basel.)

Odontogenic sinusitis (OS) is a disease commonly encountered by otolaryngologists and oral surgeons. There is currently no standard consensus for the management of the causative teeth of OS, and the therapeutic outcomes of endodontic surgery remain unclear. The authors herein report the outcomes of simultaneous surgery for OS, endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) with endoscopic apicoectomy. Twenty-one OS patients who underwent ESS were included in the intent-to-treat population. Eleven patients who simultaneously underwent endoscopic apicoectomy were included as the study group, and another 10 patients who were subjected to the extraction of the causative teeth preceding or during surgery were included as the control group. The postoperative tooth course after surgery in the study group was assessed as the primary outcome by periodic radiographs. The postoperative sinus course was compared between the 2 groups as the secondary outcome. Seventeen teeth were subjected to endoscopic apicoectomy concurrently with ESS, and the treatment success rate for periapical lesions was 94.1% (16 out of 17 teeth), which was consistent with previously reported outcomes for endodontic microsurgery. Ten of 11 patients (90.9%) had good postoperative sinus courses, and the mean wound-healing period of the sinus mucosa was 6.9 ± 3.5 weeks. These results were not significantly different from those obtained for the control group (90% and 6.1 ± 3.2 weeks). This surgical procedure may contribute to the preservation of causative teeth without having an impact on the successful treatment of sinusitis. A comprehensive surgical approach by otolaryngologists and oral surgeons is desirable for the treatment of OS.

Objective: The preservation or resection of the middle turbinate (MT) during endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) currently remains a matter of debate. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of submucosal middle turbinectomy (SMT) in ESS for eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (ECRS)., Methods: The study included 38 ECRS patients (63 sides) who had undergone full-house ESS with SMT and 20 ECRS patients (40 sides) without SMT as a control group. Post-operative middle turbinate lateralization (MTL), synechia formation, and the patency grade of the olfactory cleft (OC) were assessed as the primary outcomes 3 months after surgery. CT scans and the T&T test were performed on the SMT group 3 months after surgery and assessed as secondary outcomes., Results: MTL and synechia formation rates were slightly higher in the control group than in the SMT group (20% vs. 7.9%, p=0.072, 17.5% vs. 9.5%, p=0.235), although neither reached statistically significance. The mean patency score of OC was significantly better in the SMT group than in the control group (0.5±0.6 vs. 1.3±0.7, <0.001). CT findings and T&T test scores showed good improvements after SMT combined with ESS. No major adverse events occurred due to SMT., Conclusion: We demonstrated the potential advantages of SMT for ECRS patients. This method may avoid physiological functional loss through its preservation of the mucosa and structure of the MT., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)