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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery > Volume 19(2); 1976 > Article
Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1976;19(2): 43-8.
Aspergillosis of Maxillary Sinuses
Sung Soon Cho, MD, Hee Ro Yoon, MD, and Ju Won Kang, MD
Department of Otolaryngology, Catholic Medical College, Korea
上顎洞에 發生한 Aspergillosis 2例
趙誠順 · 尹喜老 · 姜周元
가톨릭大學校 醫科大學 耳鼻咽喉科學敎室
ABSTRACT

Fungus infections involving the nasal and paranasal cavities appear to be ralatively rare in occurrence, especially so with that of aspergillosis. However, with the advent of therapy with antibiotics, steroid hormones, and anticancerous agents, the incidence of such infection seems to have increased. The authors are reporting the cases of aspergillosis of maxillary sinuses with a reviews of literatures. Patients complained of nasal obstruction, headache and postnasal dripping for several years. Roentgenograms of paranasal sinuses revealed moderate cloudiness in maxillary sinuses, and there was no bony destruction. Operative findings included caseous necrotic mass of tissue in maxillary sinuses, which was biopsied and proved essentially mass of fungi, showing numerous distinctly septated, branching hyphae on the papanicolaou stain and hematoxylin-eosin paraffin sections. Pertinent aspects of clinical and pathological differential diagnosis between aspergillosis and mucormycosis are described. 

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