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Table 1 Predisposing factors for rhinosinusitis

From: Rhinosinusitis and Tonsillopharyngitis

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

  1. Source: Ref. [2]