Histopathologic evaluation of Asian-American patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.
Arthur William WuKevin T HurAria JafariOmar G AhmedPhilip G ChenMasayoshi TakashimaElena E ChangBonnie BalzerAnna MatthewHaodong XuMukul DivatiaBenjamin TamJuliana RobledoLuv AminDavid J CvancaraAmisheila KinuaTariq A SyedDominique L PaderinDennis M TangPublished in: International forum of allergy & rhinology (2024)
Asian-American (AA) patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) have comparable rates of tissue eosinophilia compared to Caucasians when defined as >10 eosinophils/high-powered field (HPF). AA patients with CRSwNP have significantly higher incidence of mixed inflammation defined as >10 eosinophils/HPF and >10 neutrophils/HPF.