A text-book of diseases of the nose and throat (1904)
Kyle, David Braden, 1863-1916 · Philadelphia ; New York ; London : W.B. Saunders · leaf 119
gorgement.Another diagnostic procedure is based on the relative promptnessof resumption of shape by the turbinal tissue. If, without cocain-ization, a probe is pressed with sufficient force on the affected area,it will, if the condition is found to be one of true hyperplasia,leave its impression… … Fig. 43.—Left nostril shows hyperplastic tissue, yielding only slightly to probe-pal-pation. Right side shows the pitting noted both in simple chronic and intumescentrhinitis on probe-palpation. Prognosis.—With surgical interference the prognosis is good,as regards the relief of the patient. While…
