Christopher C. Chang • Gary A. Incaudo • M. Eric Gershwin
Editors

2014

A Comprehensive Textbook of Diagnosis and Treatment

The study of sinus diseases crosses the boundaries of many specialties, but it is primarily the domain of allergists and otolaryngologists. Other disciplines that care for patients with sinus disease include pulmonology, infectious disease, and rheumatology. Since the publication of our first edition, our understanding of sinus disease has changed dramatically, mainly as a result of recent developments and new discoveries in the field of immunology. New immunologic concepts relating to both the innate and adaptive immune systems have helped us to recognize that sinus disease may be more of an infl ammatory rather than an infectious process.