Prevalence of chronic rhinosinusitis in bronchiectasis patients suspected of ciliary dyskinesia.
Justin P McCormickChristopher G WeeksNicholas J RiversJacob D OwenDavid R KellySteven M RoweGeorge M SolomonBradford A WoodworthDo-Yeon ChoPublished in: International forum of allergy & rhinology (2019)
Nearly half of bronchiectasis patients referred for NBB had concurrent CRS. The presence of ciliary abnormalities was not amplified in bronchiectasis patients with CRS compared to those without CRS. Extrinsic factors may be related to ciliary structural abnormalities in non-PCD gene carriers.