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===Location===
*Nasal cavity - rhinitis
*Paranasal sinuses - sinusitis
*Guttural pouch and eustachian tube - eustachitis
*[[Pharynx - Anatomy & Physiology|Pharynx]] - pharyngitis
*Trachea - tracheitis
*Bronchi - bronchitis
*Bronchioles - bronchiolitis
*Lungs - pneumonia/pneumonitis
*Pleura - pleuritis/pleurisy

===Type===

Grossly many inflammatory processes (eg: response to viral or bacterial infection) in the URT will begin as a serous discharge, and then progress to a catarrhal exudate, and then to purulent/pseudomembranous/haemorrhagic as [[Neutrophils|neutrophils]] are recruited

*Serous - transparent fluid exudate (acute inflammation) 
*Catarrhal - mucous exudation (acute to subacute inflammation)
*Pseudomembranaous - fibrin exudation
*Purulent - pus
*Ulcerative
*Haemorrhagic
*Granulomatous (chronic inflammation)
*Polypoid (chronic inflammation)

===Timecourse===
*Acute
*Subacute
*Chronic

===Causes===
*Infectious agent
**[[:Category:Respiratory Viral Infections|Viral]]
**[[Respiratory Bacterial Infections - Pathology|Bacterial]]
**[[Respiratory Fungal Infections - Pathology|Fungal]]
**[[Respiratory Parasitic Infections - Pathology|Parasitic]]
*Trauma or foreign body (eg: grass seed)
*Irritants or allergens
*Neoplasia



[[Category:Respiratory System - Inflammatory Pathology|A]]
[[Category:Nasal Cavity - Inflammatory Pathology]]