title: [Comparison study between clinical diagnosis and experimental diagnosis of fungal sinusitis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the differences between clinical diagnosis and laboratory diagnosis of fungal sinusitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred cases of fungal sinusitis were reviewed in this study. The clinical characters including symptoms, physical signs, images and intraoperative signs were the main aspects of clinical diagnosis. The results of clinical diagnosis, pathology, direct observation of the nasal and sinus samples with microscope and the fungal culture were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The numbers of fungal ball, allergic fungal sinusitis, acute fulminant invasive fungal sinusitis, and chronic invasive fungal sinusitis were 82, 10, 6, and 2 respectively. The positive rates of clinical diagnosis, pathology, direct observation with microscope and the fungal culture were 95%, 61%, 78%, and 74% respectively. There was significant difference among the positive rates of above methods (P < 0. 01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinical diagnosis can be used as the preliminary method for fungal sinusitis diagnosis. The demonstrative diagnosis needs to combine all above methods. The culture was the main method for confirm the types of pathogenic fungus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (Capital Medical University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yun-chuan
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xin-xin
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Luo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jia-jing
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Geng
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Wen-tong
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: De-min
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D055815:Young Adult