Histopathology of the Inferior Turbinate With Compensatory Hypertrophy in Patients With Deviated Nasal Septum

Objective: To measure the dimensions, compo-sition, and possible structural and/or histopatho-logical changes of the compensatory hypertrophic inferior turbinate in patients with deviated nasal septum. Study Design: A prospective, nonrandom-ized, and morphometric study. Methods: Nineteen patients with deviated nasal septum and compen-satory hypertrophy of the inferior turbinate in the contralateral nasal cavity underwent surgery for correction of nasal obstruction. Patients ’ spec-imens were compared with those of a control group consisting of 10 inferior turbinates re-moved at autopsy. Quantitative measurements of the inferior turbinate histological sections were carried out and included the width of the layer