SEAIC-SEORL Consensus Document on Nasal Polyposis POLINA PROJECT
Rhinoconjunctivitis Committee of the Spanish Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (SEAIC)
Rhinology and Allergy Commission of the Spanish Society of Otorhinolaryngology (SEORL)
 

Coordination

Antonio Luis Valero. Barcelona. Coordinator of the Rhinoconjunctivitis Committee. SEAIC
Adolfo Sarandeses. La Coruña. President of the Rhinology and Allergy Commission. SEORL

Editorial Board

Carlos Colás. Clinic Hospital-Aragón Institute of Health Research. Zaragoza (SEAIC). Coordinator
Miguel Armengot. University General Hospital. Faculty of Medicine. University of Valencia. Valencia (SEORL)
Ignacio Dávila. Department of Immunoallergy. University Healthcare Complex. Salamanca (SEAIC)
Alfonso del Cuvillo. Dr. Lobatón Clinic. Cádiz (SEORL)
Ramona Soler. Son Dureta University Hospital. Palma de Mallorca (SEORL)

Authors

Isam Alobid. Rhinology and Olfactory Diseases Unit. Clinic Hospital. Barcelona (SEORL)
Encarnación Antón. Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital. Santander (SEAIC)
Miguel Armengot. University General Hospital. Faculty of Medicine. University of Valencia. Valencia (SEORL)
Jacobo Chao. University Hospital. La Coruña (SEORL)
Carlos Colás. Clinic Hospital-Aragón Institute of Health Research. Zaragoza (SEAIC)
Alfonso del Cuvillo. Dr. Lobatón Clinic. Cádiz (SEORL)
Ignacio Dávila. Department of Immunoallergy. University Healthcare Complex. Salamanca (SEAIC)
Mª Teresa Dordal. Sant Pere Claver Healthcare Foundation. Barcelona (SEAIC)
Carlos Escobar. Morales Maseguer University Hospital. Murcia (SEORL)
Beatriz Fernández-Parra. El Bierzo Hospital, Ponferrada. León (SEAIC)
Juan Ramón Gras-Cabrerizo. Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital. Barcelona (SEORL)
Mª Dolores Ibáñez. Niño Jesús University Children’s Hospital. Madrid (SEAIC)
Magdalena Lluch. Virgen del Valle Hospital. Toledo (SEAIC)
Victor Matéu. Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria University Hospital. Tenerife (SEAIC)
Javier Montoro. La Plana Hospital, Villarreal. Castellón (SEAIC)
Joan Ramón Montserrat Gili. Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital. Barcelona (SEAIC)
Joaquim Mullol. Rhinology and Olfactory Diseases Unit. Clinic Hospital. Barcelona (SEORL)
Ana Maria Navarro. El Tomillar Hospital, Valme-Rocío UGC Intercenters of Allergology. Seville (SEAIC)
Felix Pumarola. Vall D’Hebron Maternal - Children’s Hospital. Barcelona (SEORL)
Carmen Rondón. Carlos Haya Hospital. Málaga (SEAIC)
Mª Cesárea Sánchez-Hernández. Virgen de la Cinta Primary Care Center. Juan Ramón Jiménez Hospital Area Huelva (SEAIC)
Adolfo Sarandeses. University Hospital and University of La Coruña (SEORL)
Ramona Soler. Palma de Mallorca (SEORL)
Antonio Luis Valero. Allergy Unit. Department of Pneumology and Respiratory Allergy. Barcelona (SEAIC)

Contents

1. Epidemiology
2. Physiopatology
3. Clinical aspects and quality of life considerations
5. Differential diagnosis and associated diseases
6. Medical treatment
7. Surgery treatment
8. Nasal polyposis in children
9. Nasal polyposis: criteria for referral from/to Primary Care and interconsultation between ENT and Allergology
10. Research needs in nasal polyposis
11. References