Immunology of ENT Disorders / Edition 1

by Glenis K. Scadding

Overview

Until recently, the contribution of immunological knowledge to the understandingand management ofENTdisorders was slight, being largely confined to the appreciation that many rhinitic patients were allergic. Happily, this situation is rapidly changing: the immunological basis of many disorders of the ears, nose and throat is becoming recognized and the mechanisms of the reactions involved are being elucidated. From this, rational therapy should evolve. This book aims to highlight some of the areas in which immunological mechanisms are involved in otorhinolaryngology. It is written by experts in their respective fields of immunology and allergy, otology, rhinology and pathology. It opens with an overview of the pathways of the immune response and the cells and molecules involved, leading to an appreciation of the normal defence mechanisms of the upper respiratory tract and possible areas offailure. There is then a chapter on HIV infection and how this may present to otorhinolaryngologists. The normal function of the tonsil and the immunological effects oftonsillectomy are then considered. The varying roles of fungi in ENT disorders ranging from commensal through allergen to invasive organisms is assessed by Professor R. J. Hay. Perhaps the most obvious immunological contribution to management thus far lies in the immunocyhemical diagnosis of pathological conditions of the ears, nose and throat and this is covered in a chapter by Professor Leslie Michaels.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792389149
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	12/31/1994
Series:	Immunology and Medicine , #23
Edition description:	1994
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

1 Basic immunology.- 2 The ENT presentation of HIV infection and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.- 3 The immunology of the tonsil.- 4 Fungal infections.- 5 Immunocyhemistry in the diagnosis of pathological conditions of the ear, nose and throat.- 6 Allergic rhinitis.- 7 Food and allergic rhinitis.- 8 Wegener’s disease.- 9 Sarcoidosis.- 10 Nasal polyps.- 11 Inner ear disorders.- 12 Middle ear disorders.- 13 Future prospects for immunological involvement in ENT disorders.