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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-5-23
pubmed:abstractText
Extensive fungal infections of the paranasal sinuses are most often associated with immunocompromised patients or poorly controlled diabetics. Seldom do young, otherwise healthy patients present with advanced disease destroying bone and compressing the dura and frontal lobe posteriorly. A case of eosinophilic fungal rhinosinusitis which grew Curvularia lunata in culture is reported. Bone destruction can be common as an expanding inflammatory mass pushes and weakens surrounding bone. The destruction of the frontal sinus with the compression of the dura into the anterior cranial fossa of a 26-year-old requires drainage, reconstruction, and medical management. Our experience with the disease and our approach is reviewed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0026-6620
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
99
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
197-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Frontal sinus destruction from allergic eosinophilic fungal rhinosinusitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Dept. of Surgery, St. Francis Medical Center, Cape Girardeau.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports