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Figure 3. Eosinophilic Mucin CRS (EMRS)
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In EMRS, patients also oen have polyps, increased disease severity, and varied amounts of
eosinophilic mucin, but do not meet the remaining allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS) diagnostic
criteria. EMRS is oen a more diffuse process with radiographic characteristics such as mucin-filled
sinuses and bone erosion.
ose who have long-term inflammation and associated bony erosion or reactive neoosteogenesis can
have sinonasal outflow obstruction, which is associated with worse prognosis and lower effects from
medical therapy.
