KMID : 0361020090520050457
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Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2009 Volume.52 No. 5 p.457 ~ p.430
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A Case of Multiple Discrete Fungus Balls of the Bilateral Paranasal Sinuses
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Cho Il-Kwon
Chung Young-Jun
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Abstract
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Fungus balls of the paranasal sinuses are usually found in only one sinus, most frequently in the maxillary sinus. Multisinus involvement was found only in 6.4% of the largest review of this disease entity. Though fungus ball could be involved in multiple sinuses, these sinuses were mostly contiguous. In addition, bilateral involvement is rare in the literature£ºonly one case of triple discrete fungus balls in a patient has been reported. We recently experienced a rare case of multifocal discrete fungus ball involving the bilateral maxillary sinus and left sphenoid sinus in a 58 year-old female. Therefore, we present this rare case with a brief review of this disease entity.
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KEYWORD
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Fungus, Sinusitis, Multiple
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