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ALLERGIC FUNGAL SINUSITIS PRESENTING AS A PARANASAL SINUS TUMOUR
Author(s) -
ROBSON J. M. B.,
HOGAN P. G.,
BENN R. A. V.,
GATENBY P. A.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1989.tb00278.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sinusitis , fungal sinusitis , sinus (botany) , complication , paranasal sinuses , bipolaris , dermatology , antifungal , expansive , disease , mycosis , surgery , pathology , botany , compressive strength , materials science , composite material , biology , genus
Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis is a rare complication of atopic upper airways disease which may present initially as an expansive tumour of the paranasal sinuses. This reported case was caused by the rare fungal pathogen Bipolaris hawiiensis and illustrates typical clinical and laboratory features of this disorder. Although the optimum management of allergic fungal sinusitis is controversial, combined therapy with surgical clearance, antifungal agents and corticosteroids produced a favourable outcome.