Rhinosinusitis differential diagnosis
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dima Nimri, M.D. [2]
Overview
Rhinosinusitis must be differentiated from other diseases that may present with a headache and/or respiratory symptoms.
Differential Diagnosis
Rhinosinusitis must be differentiated from:[1][2][3]
- Allergic rhinitis
- Eosinophilic nonallergic rhinitis
- Vasomotor rhinitis
- Migraine
- Tension headache
- Vascular headaches
- Temporal arteritis
- Nasal foreign body
References
- ↑ Slavin RG, Spector SL, Bernstein IL, Kaliner MA, Kennedy DW, Virant FS; et al. (2005). "The diagnosis and management of sinusitis: a practice parameter update". J Allergy Clin Immunol. 116 (6 Suppl): S13–47. PMID 16416688.
- ↑ Fagnan LJ (1998). "Acute sinusitis: a cost-effective approach to diagnosis and treatment". Am Fam Physician. 58 (8): 1795–802, 805–6. PMID 9835855.
- ↑ Rosenfeld RM, Piccirillo JF, Chandrasekhar SS, Brook I, Ashok Kumar K, Kramper M; et al. (2015). "Clinical practice guideline (update): adult sinusitis". Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 152 (2 Suppl): S1–S39. doi:10.1177/0194599815572097. PMID 25832968.