Open AccessMechanical disfunction in the mucosal oedema formation of patients with nasal polyps
Author(s) -
Rogério Pezato,
Richard Louis Voegels,
Pinto Bezerra Tf,
Claudina Pérez-Novo,
Stamm Ac,
Gregório Lc
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
rhinology (amsterdam. online)/rhinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.275
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1996-8604
pISSN - 0300-0729
DOI - 10.4193/rhino13.066
Subject(s) - medicine , mucous membrane of nose , saline , hydrostatic pressure , pathophysiology , basal (medicine) , extracellular matrix , pathology , anesthesia , physics , biology , insulin , thermodynamics , microbiology and biotechnology
Nasal polyposis (NP) is characterized by an anomalous tissue growth with oedema and a lack of extracellular matrix. In this study, we investigated whether a mechanical disfunction of the forces that act in oedema formation is present in NP.