Classificação de Rinossinusite Crônica

There are five main patterns of chronic inflammatory disease that classify the disease into distinct anatomical/pathological groups, and are dependent on the drainage pathways affected.
This classification is useful to decide if surgery is needed and which type to be performed.

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