Allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) has been clinicopathologically defined as a noninvasive form of fungal infection. This study was designed to distinguish AFS among patients with chronic sinusitis who failed to respond to repeated courses of antibiotics and were therefore candidates for functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) in Sari. Allergic mucin and sinus lavage was collected during F...

OBJECTIVE To assess the presentation of allergic fungal sinusitis and describe the line of management in our setup. DESIGN Descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Study was conducted in Otorhinolaryngology Department, Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital, Karachi, from January 2004 to January 2005. PATIENTS AND METHODS Culture and sensitivity / fungal stain proven 20 cases of all...

Allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) is a non-invasive form of allergic sinusitis, resulting from the IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction to fungal antigen in atopic individuals. It was first described in 1983 by Katzenstein.1 It usually follows a slow, non-aggressive course, and a wide variety of fungal agents have been implicated, with the vast majority belonging to the Dematiaceae family, such...

OBJECTIVE To hypothesise the probable pathophysiological mechanism responsible for visual loss in allergic fungal sinusitis, other than direct compression. DESIGN Retrospective, non-randomised case series. Out of 274 cases of allergic fungal sinusitis, four cases with sudden visual loss were enrolled into the study. The fourth case had visual loss on the contralateral side to bony erosion of ...

fungal rhino sinusitis (frs) is an important infection of para nasal sinuses, which encompasses two main categories; invasive and noninvasive forms according to histopathological findings. aspergillus spp are the most common species isolated from noninvasive form, while mucorales are more frequently isolates from acute infections.four hundred fifty patients suspected to fungal rhino sinusitis w...

Allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) is a benign, extramucosal, noninvasive fungal sinus disease representing an allergic/hypersensitivity response to extramucosal fungal pathogens in the sinus [1]. It occurs mainly in immunocompetent patients, in contrast to invasive fungal diseases that usually involve an immunocompromised host. The incidence of AFS in patients affected by chronic rhinosinusitis a...

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, ...

Neurosurgical Management of Bipolaris-Specific Skull Base Allergic Fungal Sinusitis: Diagnostic Criteria and Outcome O the past decade, the incidence of fungal infections has increased dramatically. Fungal paranasal sinus disease, a large component of fungal infections, is common and is defined by the host and the host’s response to the fungus. Invasive fungal sinusitis occurs in immunocompromi...