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We read with interest the article by Gosepath et al¹ in which they reported their clinical experience with aspirin desensitization in subjects with chronic hyperplastic sinusitis and nasal polyposis. Chronic hyperplastic sinusitis/nasal polyposis is a significant medical problem, often with few consistent therapeutic interventions. As Gospath and colleagues' study demonstrated, aspirin desensitization may be a safe and effective therapeutic procedure, but at present it is greatly underused. We therefore wish to submit our clinical experience with this procedure and confirm the positive results that were reported by Goseparth and colleagues.

From 1996 through 1998, a total of 53 aspirin desensitizations were performed at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colo, on 41 subjects (12 desensitizations were performed a second time owing to pregnancy and noncompliance). The procedures were safe, and there were no hospital admissions or respiratory arrests. One patient had a delayed bronchospastic reaction that required treatment . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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