Open AccessThe use of magnetic resonance imaging in differential diagnosis of allergic fungal sinusitis and eosinophilic mucin rhinosinusitis
Author(s) -
Yifan Meng,
Luo Zhang,
Yingshi Piao,
Hongfei Lou,
Kuiji Wang,
Chengshuo Wang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.07.26
Subject(s) - medicine , sinusitis , differential diagnosis , eosinophilic , magnetic resonance imaging , pathological , pathology , asthma , eosinophilia , histopathology , radiology , immunology
Allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) and eosinophilic mucin rhinosinusitis (EMRS) represent pathophysiological variants of sinusitis and have similar clinical features. However, to date, few studies have described the differential diagnosis of AFS and EMRS in detail. We therefore investigated the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the differential diagnosis of AFS and EMRS.