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ReviewJournal of rhinology : official journal of the Korean Rhinologic Society2026

How to Identify Type 2 Chronic Rhinosinusitis in East Asian Patients.

Shin Hyuk Yoo, Ki-Il Lee, Gwanghui Ryu, Jun-Sang Bae, Ji-Hun Mo

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Review in Journal of rhinology : official journal of the Korean Rhinologic Society, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Shin Hyuk YooDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Republic of Korea.
Ki-Il LeeDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Gwanghui RyuDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Jun-Sang BaeDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Republic of Korea.
Ji-Hun MoDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Republic of Korea.

Funding

Ministry of EducationMinistry of Science and ICTNational Research Foundation of Korea RS-2020-NR049585National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2022-NR075747National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2023-00220408National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2025-00554060
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Abstract

Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is increasingly recognized as a heterogeneous disease with distinct inflammatory endotypes, among which eosinophilic CRS (ECRS)-a category that substantially overlaps with, but is not equivalent to, Type 2 CRS-is associated with severe symptoms, frequent recurrence, and comorbid asthma. Accurate identification of Type 2 CRS has become clinically essential with the emergence of biologic therapies that target Type 2 inflammatory pathways. However, most diagnostic criteria, including those proposed by European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps 2020 (EPOS 2020), were developed from Western populations, in which ECRS with nasal polyps predominates. This review critically examines the applicability of these criteria in Asian populations, in which non-eosinophilic and mixed inflammatory endotypes remain prevalent. Evidence from Korean and Japanese cohorts indicates that the EPOS 2020 Type 2 criteria have poor specificity in Asian patients with CRS with nasal polyps, classifying nearly all such patients as Type 2 because of differences in baseline biomarker distributions. We discuss histological thresholds for defining ECRS and highlight that Asian studies support higher tissue eosinophil cut-offs, approximately 70 eosinophils per high-power field (HPF) or around 10% of total inflammatory cells, compared with the 10 eosinophils per HPF recommended by Western guidelines. This review also evaluates outpatient- friendly scoring systems, such as Japanese Epidemiological Survey of Refractory Eosinophilic Chronic Rhinosinusitis (JESREC) and newly proposed Korean diagnostic criteria, as well as emerging machine-learning approaches for noninvasive prediction of ECRS. We conclude that clinicians in Asia should adopt regionally validated criteria that integrate histological, serological, and clinical parameters to accurately identify Type 2 CRS, optimize selection of biologic candidates, and improve prognostic counseling in this population.

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AsiaChronic diseaseEasternEosinophiliaSinusitisTh2 cells

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PMCPMC13065419

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