Allergic Fungal Sinusitis: CT Findings1

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  • Suresh K. Mukherji
  • Ramon E. Figueroa
  • Barbara A. Zeifer
  • John G. Alley
  • David M. Yousem
چکیده

1 From the Departments of Radiology (5KM., J.G.A., M.C.), Surgery (S.K.M.), Pathology (L.L.C.), and Otolaryngology (K.R.J.), University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 3324 Old Infirmary CB 751 0, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-751 0; the Departments of Radiology(R.EF)andOtolaryngology(S.B.K.), Medical College of Georgia, Augusta; the Department of Radiology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Tex (LEG.); the Department of Radiology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York (B.A.Z.); the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University oflexas Southwestem Medical Center, Dallas (B.F.M.); the Department of Radiology, University of California at Davis, Sacramento (W.R.N.); and the Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (D.M.Y.). Received Sep 19, 1997; revision requested Oct 22; final revision received Dec 31; accepted Jan 15, 1998. Address reprint requests to S.K.M.

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تاریخ انتشار 2005