Fungus Ball in Concha Bullosa: A Rare Case with Anosmia | Zendy

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Fungus Ball in Concha Bullosa: A Rare Case with Anosmia

Author(s) -

Mahmut Özkırış,

Zeliha Kapusuz,

Selda Seçkın,

Levent Saydam

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

case reports in otolaryngology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6765

pISSN - 2090-6773

DOI - 10.1155/2013/920406

Subject(s) - concha bullosa , anosmia , nasal cavity , medicine , anatomy , fungus , turbinates , ball (mathematics) , pathology , biology , nose , paranasal sinuses , geometry , botany , disease , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty) , mathematics

Concha bullosa is the pneumatization of the concha and is one of the most common variations of the sinonasal anatomy. The histopathological changes caused by the infections which arise from the impaired aeration of conchal cavity are frequently found. Fungus ball of the nasal cavity is an extremely rare, fungal infection with only three cases reported previously. In this paper, we present the fourth fungus ball case which developed within a concha bullosa and presented with anosmia.

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