Table 1 Predisposing factors for rhinosinusitis
Systemic | Viral URI |
Allergy/asthma | |
Immotile cilia (e.g., Kartagener syndrome) | |
Cystic fibrosis | |
Immune disorder | |
Gastrointestinal reflux disease | |
Local | Trauma |
Rhinitis | |
Mechanical | Choanal atresia |
Deviated septum | |
Polyps/foreign body | |
Hypertrophy of turbinate or adenoids |