title: Fungus-like sinusitis.
abstract: Fungus-like sinusitis is also called eosinophilic mucin rhinosinusitis (EMRS). This terminology is purely descriptive and refers to a rhinosinusitis, whose clinical presentation and imaging are similar to those of a noninvasive fungal sinusitis but in which fungus could not be demonstrated pathologically using the conventional silver staining technique or on culture. The authors report 2 clinical cases and recall the diagnostic criteria for the different forms of fungal sinusitis in immunocompetent patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Mont-Godinne, Université catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium. philippe.eloy@orlo.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: Ph
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eloy
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Grulois
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Nollevaux
authors.forename: St
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Collet
authors.forename: Ph
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rombaux
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bertrand
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed