Open AccessSporotrichosis of Maxillary Sinuses in a Middle Aged Female Patient from Rural Area of Eastern India
Author(s) -
Anita Nandi Mitra,
Somak Das,
Ramanuj Sinha,
Neeraj Aggarwal,
Sriparna Chakravorty
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/17149.7344
Subject(s) - sporotrichosis , sporothrix schenckii , medicine , sinusitis , maxillary sinus , surgery , sporothrix , dermatology
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.