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Table 3 Analysis of the sinonasal epithelium by optical microscopy

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

Light microscopy

Without RS

With RS

P value

Moderate inflammatory infiltrate

0

7 (37%)

0.73

Intraepithelial lymphocytes (n/HPF)

1.14

12

0.073

Apoptotic bodies (n/HPF)

2.3

6.6

0.498

Eosinophils (n/HPF)

1.4

14.4

0.155

Glandular density (n/HPF)

8.6

11

0.227

Moderate/severe edema

0

3 (16%)

1

Fibrosis

0

31 (16%)

0.822

Basal membrane (mm)

0.019

0.048

0.347

  1. Patients with transplanted hematopoietic stem cells, with and without rhinosinusitis (RS). Fisher’s exact test and Wilcoxon analysis with P <0.05. n/HPF = number per high-power field of greatest increase.
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Stem Cell Research & Therapy

ISSN: 1757-6512