Chronic Rhizopus Invasive Fungal Rhinosinusitis in an Immunocompetent Host

Hypothesis: Rhizopus species may cause chronic invasive fungal rhinosinusitis in an immunocompetent host. Study Design: Individual case report. Methods: Review of inpatient and outpatient records, radiographic studies, pathologic examination, and microbiology of the presented case. Review of the lit...

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Published in:The Laryngoscope 2004-09, Vol.114 (9), p.1533-1535
Main Authors: Scharf, Joshua L., Soliman, Ahmed M. S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Amphotericin B - administration & dosage
Biological and medical sciences
Chronic Disease
Chronic invasive rhinosinusitis
Craniotomy
Debridement
Endoscopy
Ethmoid Sinus - pathology
Ethmoid Sinus - surgery
Frontal Lobe - pathology
Frontal Lobe - surgery
fungal rhinosinusitis
Humans
Immunocompetence
Male
Medical sciences
Mucormycosis - diagnosis
Mucormycosis - surgery
Non tumoral diseases
Orbital Diseases - diagnosis
Orbital Diseases - surgery
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Postoperative Complications - diagnosis
Postoperative Complications - surgery
Reoperation
Rhinitis - diagnosis
Rhizopus
Sinusitis - diagnosis
Sinusitis - surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Upper respiratory tract, upper alimentary tract, paranasal sinuses, salivary glands: diseases, semeiology
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Summary:Hypothesis: Rhizopus species may cause chronic invasive fungal rhinosinusitis in an immunocompetent host. Study Design: Individual case report. Methods: Review of inpatient and outpatient records, radiographic studies, pathologic examination, and microbiology of the presented case. Review of the literature. Results: Rhizopus species may be the cause of chronic invasive fungal rhinosinusitis in an immunocompetent host and result in intracranial extension.
ISSN:0023-852X
1531-4995
DOI:10.1097/00005537-200409000-00005