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Nasal Polyps

Signs & Symptoms

 Nasal obstruction
Ref: Epocrates [ https://online.epocrates.com/diseases/113032/Nasal-polyps/Risk-Factors]
Facial pressure
Ref: Epocrates [ https://online.epocrates.com/diseases/113032/Nasal-polyps/Risk-Factors]
Aspirin sensitivity
Ref: Epocrates [ https://online.epocrates.com/diseases/113032/Nasal-polyps/Risk-Factors]
Reduced sense of smell
Note: due to chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, due to CRSwNP
Ref: Epocrates [ https://online.epocrates.com/diseases/113032/Nasal-polyps/Risk-Factors]

Physical Examination

 focal neurology (negative symptom)
Ref: Epocrates [ https://online.epocrates.com/diseases/113031/Nasal-polyps/Diagnostic-Approach]
ophthalmoplegia (negative symptom)
Ref: Epocrates [ https://online.epocrates.com/diseases/113032/Nasal-polyps/Risk-Factors]
signs of meningitis (negative symptom)
Ref: Epocrates [ https://online.epocrates.com/diseases/113031/Nasal-polyps/Diagnostic-Approach]

Lab / Serology

 Eosinophilia
Note: due to chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, due to CRSwNP
Ref: Epocrates [ https://online.epocrates.com/diseases/113032/Nasal-polyps/Risk-Factors]
Presence of interleukin-5
Ref: Epocrates [ https://online.epocrates.com/diseases/113031/Nasal-polyps/Diagnostic-Approach]
Presence of eosinophilia in nasal smear
Ref: Epocrates [ https://online.epocrates.com/diseases/113032/Nasal-polyps/Risk-Factors]

Imagin Study

 Polyps visualization
Ref: Epocrates [ https://online.epocrates.com/diseases/113032/Nasal-polyps/Risk-Factors]
Soft-tissue opacifications of the nasal cavity
Ref: Epocrates [ https://online.epocrates.com/diseases/113031/Nasal-polyps/Diagnostic-Approach]
Soft-tissue opacifications of the sinuses
Ref: Epocrates [ https://online.epocrates.com/diseases/113031/Nasal-polyps/Diagnostic-Approach]

Complication

Risk Factors

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