Open AccessCombining sinus plain film and sinus ultrasound as a screening tool for maxillary fungal sinusitis
Author(s) -
Nien-Hsuan Ho,
Li-Ting Hung,
Edward C. Kuan,
ChingYin Ho,
Chen-Pin Hsu,
MingYing Lan
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000669
Subject(s) - medicine , sinusitis , sinus (botany) , maxillary sinus , fungal sinusitis , ultrasound , radiology , receiver operating characteristic , surgery , botany , biology , genus
Early identification of fungal sinusitis remains a challenge. Previously, we observed a high false negative rate of using A-mode ultrasound to diagnose maxillary fungal sinusitis. This study aims to assess the accuracy of the diagnosis of fungal maxillary sinusitis using sinus plain film and ultrasound.