Paranasal Sinusitis A Problem in General Medical Practice
Authors: Arthur D. Dunn, F. Lowell Dunn
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 August 1932Paranasal Sinusitis A Problem in General Medical PracticeARTHUR D. DUNN, M.D., F.A.C.P., F. LOWELL DUNN, M.D.ARTHUR D. DUNN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, F. LOWELL DUNN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-2-235 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe etiologic relationships of paranasal sinusitis**to systemic disease belong to the unsolved problems of clinical medicine. This is shown by the relatively increasing frequency with which patients suffering from conditions which may be referable to sinus disease find their way into the hands of consultants. The possibility of sinusitis as a causative factor must occur not infrequently to every physician who sees in chronic localized infection the solution of a considerable number of obscure diagnostic and therapeutic problems. Occasionally gratifying results have followed treatment advised on the basis of sinus etiology. However, failures have been so disappointingly...References1 RUNGE HG: Die entzündlichen Erkrankungen der Nase, Handb. d. spez. path. Anat. u. Hist., (Henke u. Lubarsch) 1928, Bd. III, Erster Teil, J. Springer, Berlin, 132. Google Scholar2 KOUNTZALEXANDER WBHL: Death from bronchial asthma; report of three cases, Arch. Path., 1928, v, 1003-1019. Google Scholar3 HUBERKOESSLER HLKK: Pathology of asthma, Arch. Int. Med., 1922, xxx, 689-760. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4 MARCHAND F: Ein neuer Fall von Asthma bronchiale mit anatomischer Untersuchung, Deutsch. Arch. f. klin. Med., 1918, cxxvii, 184-209. Huber and Koessler, l.c. Google Scholar5 WRIGHT CB: Death from bronchial asthma, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xciv, 1218-1221. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 EGGSTON AA: The pathology of chronic sinusitis, Arch. Otolaryng., 1930, xii, 561-584. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 RUNGE HG: Die entzündlichen Erkrankungen der Nase, Handb. d. spez. path. Anat. u. Hist., (Henke u. Lubarsch) 1928, Bd. III, Erster Teil, J. Springer, Berlin, 137-145. Google Scholar8 WHERRY WB: Tissue hydration and its relation to susceptibility and immunity as shown by skin tests in asthma, chronic sinusitis, and other infections, Jr. Infect. Dis., 1927, xli, 177-189. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 PROETZ AW: Displacement method in sinus diagnosis and treatment; its advantages and limitations, Tr. Am. Laryng. Assoc., 1930, lii, 121-140. Google Scholar10 WATSON-WILLIAMS P: Remarks on tissue invasion of low grade pyogenic microorganisms, Jr. Laryng. and Otol., 1929, xliv, 598-600. Google Scholar11 JONESKISTNER NWFB: Chronic sinus infection in relation to systemic disease, ANN. INT. MED., 1931, iv, 752-771. Google Scholar12 ROSENOW EC: Personal communication. Google Scholar13 ANDERSON CM: Suppuration in paranasal sinuses as a factor in focal infections; review of 400 cases, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xciv, 1889-1891. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14 JONESKISTNER NWFB: l.c. Google Scholar15 DUNNSHEARER ADWL: Some application of the principle of focal infections with a method of removal of extensive disease of the alveolar processes, Minn. Med., 1920, iii, 241. Google Scholar16 SHEARER WL: External alveolectomy, Jr. Nat. Dent. Assoc., 1920, vii, 499-504. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Omaha, Nebraska*Presented at the San Francisco Meeting of the American College of Physicians, San Francisco, April 5, 1932.†From the Department of Clinical Research, University of Nebraska College of Medicine.**The subject matter has to do almost entirely with chronic hyperplastic sinusitis. While acute empyema of one or more sinuses is not uncommon, empyema is quite often a suppurative phase of chronic sinusitis. Acute suppurative conditions must be handled conservatively. Time and observation will often decide whether a simple acute process or an acute suppurative phase of chronic hyperplastic disease is present. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 August 1932Volume 6, Issue 2Page: 235-252KeywordsEtiologySystemic diseases Issue Published: 1 August 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...