title: Fungal diseases of the paranasal sinuses.
abstract: Fungal diseases of the paranasal sinuses can be categorized into the invasive and noninvasive varieties. The invasive form has been classified as acute fulminant fungal sinusitis, granulomatous invasive fungal sinusitis, and chronic invasive fungal sinusitis. The noninvasive form can be classified as the fungus ball and the allergic fungal sinusitis. The following review discusses the various types of fungal sinusitis with a special emphasis on the CT and MR imaging features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599-7510, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fatterpekar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukherji
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arbealez
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maheshwari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castillo
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D009181:Mycoses / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed