Abstract
The concentraton of 17-ketosteroid and 1311 excretion in urine, the modified Thorn test and the size and form of the pituitary fossa in atrophic cases.
The cases with the manifest endocrine dysfun- ction (pituitary, adreno-cortical and thyroid distur-bance) were studied rhinologically and radiologi-cally.
The result of the modified maxillo-turbinalpla-sty after Kitamura were compared with the data of their endocrinological studies. This consideration shows that the cases of atrophic rhinitis have a more frequent latent endocrine dysfunction than these of the non-atrophic.
If classified after Kitamura, these disturbances were more spotted in type Iab ane II, but not in cess of severe inflammatory process in the nasal and paranasal mucosa, but Ic can be interpreted as a sequela of a process of endarteritis. Therefore endocrine disorder in early stage of life has a great influence on the development of paranasal cavities tes the inflammatory process of the nasal cavity and causes atrophy.
This investigation coincides with our actual concept on atrophic rhinitis that its causes are not single, but many causes may evoke its symptoms. Many different causes may produce atrophy of the nasal mucosa, but others may only provoke the clinical symptoms.
