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Table 1 Histology of the nasal mucosa

From: Rhinosinusitis in hematopoietic stem cell-transplanted patients: influence of nasosinus mucosal abnormalities?

 

HSCT

HSCT with GVHD

Immunocompetent

Cilia (absence or decrease) (%)

77

76

0

Ciliar ultrastructure abnormalities (%)

50

18

33

Cytoplasmic mitochondria (decreased/absence) (%)

80

47

0

Cytoplasmic vacuolization (%)

60

35

0

Apoptotic bodies

2.3

6.6

0.75

Goblet cells (decreased/absence), n (%)

2 (40%)

9 (53%)

2 (22%)

Moderate/severe inflammatory infiltrate, n (%)

13 (100%)

8 (62%)

7 (70%)

  1. Comparisons among patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), with and without graft versus host disease (GVHD), and immunocompetent patients.