A Case of Multiple Discrete Fungus Balls of the Bilateral Paranasal Sinuses

Autor: Il-Kwon Cho, Young-Jun Chung
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Korean Journal of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 52:457
ISSN: 1225-035X
DOI: 10.3342/kjorl-hns.2009.52.5.457
Popis: Fungus balls of the paranasal sinuses are usually found in only one sinus, most frequently in the maxillary sinus. Multisinus involvement was found only in 6.4% of the largest review of this disease entity. Though fungus ball could be involved in multiple sinuses, these sinuses were mostly contiguous. In addition, bilateral involvement is rare in the literature:only one case of triple discrete fungus balls in a patient has been reported. We recently experienced a rare case of multifocal discrete fungus ball involving the bilateral maxillary sinus and left sphenoid sinus in a 58 year-old female. Therefore, we present this rare case with a brief review of this disease entity. (Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg 2009;52:457-60)
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