title: Nasosinusal fungal granuloma--clinical profile.
abstract: Fifty cases of nasosinusal fungal granuloma were admitted under the ENT Department in a teaching tertiary care hospital in India during a thirteen-year period. Aspergillus species was found to be the most common causative fungus (29) followed by Mucorales (14), Entomophthorales (5) and Fusarium (2) species. There were 13 cases of non-invasive and 16 cases of invasive variants of Aspergillosis. In spite of intravenous amphotericin B therapy and radical surgical debridement, 81% in the invasive group showed relapse and required prolonged oral antifungal drugs and multiple surgical procedures. Among the 14 cases of Mucormycosis, all of the 10 cases who received intravenous amphotericin B and radical surgery showed complete recovery with no relapse over a period of 2 to 10 years. This is contrary to earlier published reports which suggest poor prognosis. The entomophthoromycosis received oral steroids and cotrimoxazole, and oral potassium iodide or intravenous amphotericin in case of relapse. Both the cases of Fusariosis recovered completely with oral ketoconazole.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, South India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurien
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Anandi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ramakrishna
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006099:Granuloma / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D009666:Nose / Q000473:pathology*; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000473:pathology*