Chronic Rhinosinusitis and Bronchiectasis

In respiratory physiology the nose is an organ with a great importance that supposes 50% of the resistances to the airflow, and its pathology requires, in many occasions, of a multidisciplinary work. In recent years it has been demonstrated that bronchopulmonary pathologies are usually associated with nasosinusal pathology, thus creating the concept of rhinobronchitis and “one airway, one disease.” There are few studies that correlate bronchiectasis (BQs) and CRS. The most frequent symptoms of CRS in patients with BQs are anterior rhinorrhea, posterior rhinorrhea, and nasal obstruction. Seventy-seven percent of patients with BQs had CRS, while 25% had mild to moderate nasal polyposis. Patients with nasal polyposis were diagnosed with BQs more than 10 years earlier than patients without nasal pathology.