Table 1:
Conditions Associated with Sinusitis
Infectious
Organisms
Noninfectious
Factors
Anatomic
Problems
Immune
Deficiencies
Genetic
Disease
  • Viral
  • Bacterial
  • Fungal
  • Allergic rhinitis
  • Nasal polyps
  • Irritants
    (eg, tobacco smoke)
  • Hormonal conditions (eg, progesterone-induced congestion of pregnancy, rhinitis of hypothyroidism)
  • Septal deviation
  • Concha bullosa
  • Paradoxic middle turbinate
  • Ethmoid bulla hypertrophy
  • Choanal atresia
  • Adenoid hypertrophy

Primary Deficiency

  • Selective IgA deficiency
  • Common variable immunodeficiency

Acquired Deficiency

  • Human immunodeficiency virus
  • Transplantation
  • Chemotherapy
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Primary ciliary dyskinesia
  • Kartagener's syndrome
  
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