Research of the lacrimal pathways patency in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses pathology
A.P. MIROSHNICHENKO, N.S. KHRAPPO, L.V. SOLOVYEVA
Samara State Medical University, 89 Chapaevskaya St., Samara, Russian Federation, 443099
Miroshnichenko A.P. — PhD (Medicine), Head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology named after Academician I.B. Soldatov, tel. (846) 276-78-45, e-mail: entsamara@gmail.ru
Khrappo N.S. — DM, Professor of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology named after Academician I.B. Soldatov, tel. (846) 276-77-71, e-mail: entsamara@gmail.ru
Solovyeva L.V. — post-graduate student of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology named after Academician I.B. Soldatov, tel. +7-905-303 62-64, e-mail: s-amor@inbox.ru
The article presents the results of a survey of 100 patients with pathology of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses — the curvature of the nasal septum and acute purulent sinusitis, who did not complain of lacrimation. In these 2 groups of patients, the functional study of lacrimal passages using nasal samples was performed. The time of the appearance of the colorant — Collargol — on a cotton pellet was estimated, entered into the lower nasal passage. The data were collected on the low specificity of this investigation method of the pathology.
Key words: lachrymal passage, pathology of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses, nasolacrimal test.
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