Aspergilloma of the ethmoid.

SINCE the early records of aspergillus infections of the upper respiratory tract in man (Zarniko 1891; Schubert 1885), there have been sporadic reports in the literature from various parts of the world. These give the impression that while the incidence of the infection naturally varies in different countries, it is on the whole_uncommon_ (Andersen and Stenderup 1956; Montreuil 1955), but has been_increasing with the growing use of antibiotics and steroid therapy in modern medicine (Symmers 1966; Torack 1957; Keye and Magee 1956; Osborn 1963). The rise in the recorded incidence has also been attributed partly to the greater awareness of deep mycotic infections and a corresponding increase in the requests by clinicians for mycological examinations (Symmers 1966). The following is the first case of an aspergilloma of the upper respiratory tract to be recorded in Nigeria.