Clinical Features of Atrophic Rhinitis
More common in females
Usually starts at puberty
It is a bilateral condition
Symptoms:
Foul smell from the nose
Nasal obstruction in spite of roomy chambers due to large crusts filling nasal cavity
Epistaxis on removing of the crusts
Anosmia due to degeneration of nerve
elements (merciful anosmia)
Signs:
Greenish or greyish black dry crusts covering the turbinates and septum
After removal of crusts, nasal cavities appear roomy with atrophy of turbinates
Nasal mucosa appears pale