[Sinusitis in atopic children].

Allergy is one of the etiologic factors in the pathogenesis of sinusitis. In order to investigate the allergic influence on the incidence of sinusitis, a CT-scan of the sinuses in 59 atopic children with nasal complaints of rhinosinusitis was performed. Sinusitis was found in 36 children (61%). These results were compared to a previous study of 196 mainly non-atopic children (atopy was no exclusion criteria). Identical inclusion and evaluation criteria were used. Sinusitis was found in 125 children (64%). According to these results it seems that the prevalence and the extent of sinusitis is not determined by the presence of allergy.