Vegetable Hairs Associated with a Sphenoid Sinus Aspergilloma. A Case Report
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چکیده
Foreign vegetable material is an extremely rare finding in biopsies, especially from the upper respiratory tract. The frequency of paranasal fungal balls has shown an increase during last years, with the consequent higher number of biopsies performed and available for analysis. We present the case of a 50 year-old patient with an aspergilloma of the sphenoidal sinus that also revealed foreign material consistent with vegetable hairs. Their particular structure observed by histological analysis allowed the correct recognition of this very unusual foreign body of the upper respiratory tract.
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