A Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma rapidly forms a deep ulcer and invades the sinuses, orbital wall, palate. It is important to detect treat early as it can, although rarely, be accompanied by rapid ulcerative destruction sepsis due necrosis. An 80-year-old female visited our hospital complaining of right nasal congestion facial edema. fungal ball in maxillary sinus defect anterior wall maxilla were obse...

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OBJECTIVE To reevaluate the current criteria for diagnosing allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) and determine the incidence of AFS in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). METHODS This prospective study evaluated the incidence of AFS in 210 consecutive patients with CRS with or without polyposis, of whom 101 were treated surgically. Collecting and culturing fungi from nasal mucus require sp...

A 17-year-old female with allergic fungal sinusitis and nasal polyposis presented with epistaxis in the emergency room. On examination, right-sided proptosis and irregular nasal obstruction were observed in the right nasal cavity. CT imaging revealed massive right-sided polyposis and significant ipsilateral malformation with boney architecture preservation of the ethmoidal labyrinth and lamina ...

BACKGROUND Mycotic pseudoaneurysm from the cavernous segment of the internal carotid artery (ICA) secondary to an invasive aspergillus sinusitis is rare. Surgical intervention with ICA ligation is generally accepted for most mycotic aneurysms or pseudoaneurysms. When presented with massive epistaxis due to a fungal aspergillus ICA invasion, mortality rates are high. METHODS We present the cas...

Allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) is a condition that has an allergic basis caused by exposure to fungi in the sinonasal tract leading to chronic inflammation. Despite standard treatment modalities, which typically include surgery and medical management of allergies, patients still have a high rate of recurrence. Subcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) has been used as adjuvant treatment for AFS. Evide...

The objective of this investigation was to explore the possibility of treating patients harboring invasive intracranial aspergillosis (InIA) at an early stage. Nineteen patients (age range 18-42 years) from a total of 114 cases of InIA seen from January 1999- December 2009 were included in this investigation. These individuals, all of whom had a past history of treated allergic fungal sinusitis...

Invasive facial fungal infections affect the orofacial soft tissues in immunocompromised patients and can cause significant morbidity and mortality. Primary infection occurs from direct inoculation of the skin surface, while secondary infection occurs from extension from an adjacent sinonasal process. The imaging features of secondary infection are similar to acute fulminant invasive fungal sin...

We report a recent diabetic who presented with hyperglycemic, hyperosmolar, non ketotic state with coma and multiple cranial nerve palsies due to an associated previously undetected sinus infection. This is a classic case revisited purely for its educational value in terms of clinical photographs, tissue biopsy and imaging findings. These findings reiterate the devastating neurological conseque...