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Abstract
T. The present work entails the clinical and nasal histopathological investigations as well as the laboratory assessment of some endoerinal functions; thyroid, parathyroids and gonads, in addition to the evaluation of thyroid extract and estrogen cream therapy, in 32 patients suffering from pri¬mary atrophic rhinitis? selected from the Outpatient Clinic of the Otorhlnolaryngology Department of Mansourah University Hospital. The work included also, 37 patients affected by secondary atrophic rhinitis, as diseased controls, and 27 healthy individuals, as normal controls. The study is a trial to throw more light on the relation¬ship between primary atrophic rhinitis and the endocrine system. H. Review of the literature on the atrophic rhinitis, particularly the endoerinal factors in its pathogenesis, ^ during the last century, showed marked controversy. Many authors suggested variable endoerinal disorders as an aetio-logical factor, while others denied this postulation. ITT. Case material, diagnostic criteria and methodology were presented. Special reference was stressed on the asses¬sment of thyroid and parathyroid functions, as ¥/ell as deter¬mination of urinary ”excretion of both estrogens and 17-oxosteroids.