A case of aspergillosis of the nose and paranasal sinuses.
Until recently aspergillosis of the paranasal sinuses has been considered a rare disease but nowadays it is frequently discussed in the literature. The reason is the nonspecific clinical course of the disease resembling recurrent chronic rhinosinusitis and its difficult histological and radiological verification. Although there have been clinical suspicions of this diseases in quite a few patients presenting with recurrent polyposis of the sinuses associated with aspirin intolerance and bronchial asthma we could prove sinus aspergillosis histologically and computed-tomographically only in one patient.
Dzhambazov
K B
KB
Medical University, Department of Ear-Nose-Throat Diseases, 15A Vassil Aprilov St., 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Traykova
N I
NI
Yovchev
I P
IP
D000293:Adolescent; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000473:pathology*; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*