title: [The expressions of serum TIgE and SIgE in patients with noninvasive fungal sinusitis and their significance].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the expressions of serum TIgE and SIgE in patients with noninvasive fungal sinusitis and their significance.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-three cases of noninvasive fungal sinusitis were analysis retrospectively. The expressions of serum TIgE and SIgE were detected by the Unicap system. The expressions of serum TIgE and SIgE in the subtypes of noninvasive fungal sinusitis were analysis statistically.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Positive expressions of serum TIgE and SIgE in 23 cases were 10 cases (43%) and 7 cases (30%) respectively. In 14 cases of fungal ball, the positive expressions of serum TIgE and SIgE were 2 cases (14%) and 1 case (7%) respectively. In 9 cases of allergic fungal sinusitis,the positive expressions were 8 cases (89%) and 6 cases (67%) respectively. The different expressions of serum TIgE and SIgE between the two subtypes of noninvasive fungal sinusitis were statistically significant (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In noninvasive fungal sinusitis, the detection of the expressions of serum TIgE and SIgE is an available way to distinguish the type of allergic fungal sinusitis from the type of fungal ball,and so it would be helpful to guide the treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, the First Municipal People's Hospital of Guangzhou, Guangzhou, 510000, China. mqx73@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Qingriang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Tianying
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhibin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005658:Fungi; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E