title: [Radiologic diagnosis of maxillary sinus aspergillosis].
abstract: Aspergillosis of the maxillary sinuses shows an increasing incidence in even otherwise healthy patients. Next to inhalation as the mode of infection, a dental root canal filling with an orosinusal fistula can be the cause. As most infections remain initially undetected or underestimated as common sinusitis, early diagnosis must be achieved. Standard X-ray of the paranasal sinuses, conventional tomography as well as CT scans are of major importance. Centrally located hyperdense opacifications are a good criterion and can be best seen in CT. Even when the case has not progressed too much, radical surgery combined with Amphotericin B therapy is still the treatment of choice since the infection may progress rapidly.
authors.affiliation: Radiologische Abteilung des Akademischen Lehrkrankenhauses Porz am Rhein, Köln.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schulte
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Beyer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008443:Maxillary Sinus; D008875:Middle Aged; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Radiologische Diagnostik der Kieferhöhlenaspergillose.