Abstract
Attention has been drawn in recent years to the value of the cytologic examination of nasal secretions in the diagnosis of diseases of the nose and accessory sinuses. Sewall 1 stressed the presence of polymorphonuclear leukocytes in chronic sinusitis; Hansel, 2 Kahn and Stout, 3 Johnson and Goldstein 4 and others noted the importance of eosinophils in the diagnosis of nasal allergy. We wish to present the results of a hundred routine examinations of nasal smears taken from patients with acute and chronic rhinitis and sinusitis, and to emphasize the value of cytologic examination to the rhinologist. Results of Investigation in a Hundred Cases Number of Cases Showing Given Percentage of Eosinophils in Nasal Smear Condition 0 1-5% 5-10% 10-100% Total Acute infections of upper respiratory tract........ 11 0 0 0 11 Vasomotor rhinotis* (with and without superadded infection) 2† 0 9 58 69 Chronic suppurative sinusitis 18 2 0 0 20
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