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"Funny Face" <myfunnyfaces@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Recently, my boyfriend was advised by the ENT that he had Samter's
> Syndrome, and that he was actually DYING from it.  The surgery is
> scheduled in the next two weeks.  I have looked and looked all over
> the internet, and have found only limited information regarding this
> illness/syndrome.

I think he is a bit confused. Samter' syndrome or Samter's triad; also known
as Widal-Abrami-Lermoyez triad (after the guys who originally described it),
Widal-Lermoyez syndrome, and Widal's syndrome; is just the triad of allergic
(or vasomotor) rhinitis, nasal polyps, and aspirin sensitive asthma. It is
common and not particularly fatal. It is treated by treating the asthma as
normal, treating the polyps (frequently with surgery and nasal steroids),
and avoiding aspirin.

It is possible, although rare, for a sinus infection to spread into the bone
or even into the cranial cavity or eye sockets and present a potentially
lethal infection. In these cases he would be extremely ill (like in an ICU)
and be scheduled for emergency surgery to drain the puss, not outpatient
removal of polyps.

I think you need to have another talk with the ENT to find out exactly what
is going on.

http://www.doctorhoffman.com/xsamter.htm   (for the short story)

http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/oto/grand/090398.html   (for a detailed discussion of
polyps - makes a brief mention of Samter's Syndrome)

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CBI, MD