title: Sporotrichosis of Maxillary Sinuses in a Middle Aged Female Patient from Rural Area of Eastern India.
abstract: Sporotrichosis is commonly a chronic infection caused by Sporothrix schenckii, a saprophytic fungus and is usually limited to cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues. Disseminated systemic, osteoarticular or pulmonary sporotrichosis have been reported but nasal sinusitis by this fungus is extremely infrequent. Earlier report from southern India documented a case of maxillary sinusitis by Sporothrix schenckii. Here we report a similar case of bilateral maxillary sinusitis in a middle aged female from a village of Bihar, a state in eastern India. She underwent endoscopic maxillary sinus surgery for nasal symptoms and diagnosed to have sporotrichotic infection of maxillary sinuses. The diagnosis was done by mycological and histopathological examination and patient improved under antifungal chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Medical College , Kolkata, India .
authors.forename: Anita Nandi
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Mitra
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of ENT, Medical College , Kolkata, India .
authors.forename: Saumik
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of ENT, Medical College , Kolkata, India .
authors.forename: Ramanuj
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Trainee, Department of ENT, Medical College , Kolkata, India .
authors.forename: Neeraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Trainee, Department of Microbiology, Medical College , Kolkata, India .
authors.forename: Sriparna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakravorty
keywords: Maxillary sinusitis; Mucopurulent discharge; Sporothrix schenckii