What's in a fungus ball? Report of a case with submucosal invasion and tissue eosinophilia

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 696-698

  Senocak, Dogan ^a,c   Kaur, Ahmet ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EK Bina II Deniz Bilimleri Enst Katip Celebi   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIA; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FUNGAL SINUSITIS; FUNGUS BALL; HUMAN; MAXILLARY SINUS; MYCETOMA; MYCOSIS; PARANASAL SINUS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHINOSINUSITIS; SOFT TISSUE; SUBMUCOSA; TISSUE NECROSIS; TOOTH FILLING; X RAY;

EID: 12344255120     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130408301014     Document Type: Article

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