Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a frequent complication of facial cancer treatment, mainly related to radiotherapy. However, while radiological involvement is frequent, clinical expression seems less important. Few studies have investigated the incidence of this condition in the pediatric population while its evolution seems to be very chronic even if a partial improvement may occur with time. Our objective is therefore to study the impact of CSR in children treated for cancer of the cervicofacial region, to evaluate its incidence and medium-term evolution in order to determine whether it is necessary to set up a specific follow-up in these patients. The clinical impact of CSR is assessed by a specific SNOT 22 questionnaire in children treated for a head-neck mesenchymal malignancy in comparison with a control population consisting of children treated for a mesenchymal malignancy of non-head-neck location.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
22 items, score between 0 and 5; sum, minimum = 0, maximum = 110; higher score = higher impact on quality of life)
Impact of CRS in pediatric patients by Sino-Nasal Outcome Test-22 (SNOT 22)
Time frame: >1 year to <4 years after the end of oncologic treatment
Incidence of CRS in pediatric patients after head neck mesenchymal cancer management
Time frame: 1 year after the end of the oncologic treatment
Correlation between SNOT 22 and clinical assessment by PADORES score
Time frame: >1 year to <4 years after the end of oncologic treatment
Correlation between SNOT 22 and clinical assessment by lund-kennedy score
Time frame: >1 year to <4 years after the end of oncologic treatment
Correlation between SNOT 22 and radiological assessment by Lund-Mackay score
Time frame: >1 year to <4 years after the end of oncologic treatment
Radiological evolution of CRS by Lund-Mackay score
Time frame: >1 year to <4 years after the end of oncologic treatment
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