12Diseases of the respiratory system
Upper respiratory tract disorders
CA0JNasal polyp
CA0J.0
category
Polypoid sinus degeneration
Definition Also referred to as Woakes' syndrome or ethmoiditis. Woakes' syndrome is characterised by severe recurrent nasal polyps, often without eosinophils on histological examination and with broadening of the nose.
Also indexed as
Polypoid sinus degeneration Woake ethmoiditis Woake syndrome sinus polyp degeneration
International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11), World Health Organization (WHO) 2019/2021, https://icd.who.int/browse11. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 IGO (CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO).
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