Zygomycosis mimicking paranasal malignancy.
A case of zygomycosis involving the maxillary sinus in a normal host and mimicking paranasal malignancy is presented. Computed tomographic images showing destruction of adjoining bony structures and histologic features of fungi are described and presented. A successful outcome was achieved with amphotericin B irrigation and parenteral amphotericin B. Nasal biopsy should be advised by both radiologists and clinicians in all cases of lesions that look like malignancy in the sinus areas before a treatment modality is initiated.
Akpunonu
B E
BE
Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo.
Ansel
G
G
Kaurich
J D
JD
Savolaine
E R
ER
Campbell
E W
EW
Myles
J L
JL
D000368:Aged; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000666:Amphotericin B