Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis: An attempt to resolve the diagnostic dilemma

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-178

  Saravanan, Karuppiah ^a   Panda, Naresh K ^a   Chakrabarti, Arunaloke ^a   Das, Ashim ^a   Bapuraj, Rajeev J ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; MUCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC FUNGAL RHINOSINUSITIS; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCETOMA; MYCOLOGY; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOSES; PARANASAL SINUSES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SINUSITIS; SKIN TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644832478     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.132.2.173     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Katzenstein AL, Sale SR, Greenberger PA. Allergic Aspergillus sinusitis: a newly recognized form of sinusitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1983;72:89-93.
2. Ferreiro JA, Carlson BA, Lody DT. Paranasal sinus fungal balls. Head Neck. 1997;19:481-486.
3. Collins MM, Nair SB, Wormald PJ. Prevalence of non-invasive fungal sinusitis in South Australia. Am J Rhinol. 2003;17:127-132.
4. Schubert MS. Allergic fungal sinusitis. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2004;37:301-326.
5. Ferguson BJ. Eosinophilic mucin rhinosinusitis: a distinct clinicopathological entity. Laryngoscope. 2000;110:799-813.
6. Thrasher RD, Kingdom TT. Fungal infections of the head and neck: an update. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2003;36:577-594.
7. Ponikau JU, Sherris DA, Kern EB. The diagnosis and incidence of allergic fungal sinusitis. Mayo Clin Proc. 1999;74:877-884.
8. Schubert MS, Goetz DW. Evaluation and treatment of allergic fungal sinusitis: demographics and diagnosis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1998;102:387-394.
9. Thakar A, Sarkar C, Dhiwakar M, Bahadur S, Dahiya S. Allergic fungal sinusitis: expanding the clinicopathologic spectrum. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004;130:209-216.
10. Klapper SR, Lee AG, Patrinely JR, et al. Orbital involvement in allergic fungal sinusitis. Ophthalmology. 1997;104:2094-2100.
11. Evans EGV, Richardson MD, eds. Medical Mycology: A Practical Approach. Oxford, England: IRL Press; 1989.
12. De Hoog GS, Guarro J, Gene J, Figueras MI. Atlas of Clinical Fungi. 2nd ed. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Central Bureau voor Schimmel Cultures; 2000.
13. Stammberger H, Jakse R, Beanfort F. Aspergillosis of paranasal sinuses. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1984;93:251-256.
14. Chakrabarti A, Sharma SC. Paranasal sinus mycoses. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2000;42:293-304.
15. Deshazo RD, Chapin K, Swain RE. Fungal sinusitis. N Engl J Med. 1997;337:254-259.
16. Safirstein B. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis with obstruction of the upper respiratory tract Chest. 1976;70:788-790.
17. Miller JW, Jhonston A, Lamb D. Allergic aspergillosis of the maxillary sinuses [abstract]. Thorax. 1981;36:710.
18. Robson JMB, Hogan P, Benn R. Allergic fungal sinusitis presenting as a paranasal sinus tumor. Aust N Z J Med. 1989;19:351-353.
19. Bent J, Kuhn FA. Diagnosis of allergic fungal sinusitis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1994;111:580-588.
20. Mabry RL, Manning SC, Marple BF. Immunotherapy in the treatment of allergic fungal sinusitis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1997;116:31-35.
21. Manning SC, Homan M. Further evidence for allergic pathophysiology in allergic fungal sinusitis. Laryngoscope. 1998;108:1485-1496.
22. Ence BK, Gourley DS, Jorgensen NL. Allergic fungal sinusitis. Am J Rhinol. 1990;4:169-178.
23. Morpeth JF, Rupp NT, Dolen WK. Fungal sinusitis: an update. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 1996;76:128-140.
24. Ferguson BJ, Barnes L, Bernstein JM, et al. Geographical variation in allergic fungal sinusitis. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2000;33:441-449.
25. Chakrabarti A, Sharma SC, Chander J. Epidemiology and pathogenesis of paranasal sinus mycoses. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1992;107:745-750.
26. Chhabra A, Handa KK, Chakrabarti A, Mann SBS, Panda N. Allergic fungal sinusitis: clinicopathological characteristics. Mycoses. 1996;39:437-441.
27. Panda NK, Sharma SC, Chakrabarti A, Mann SB. Paranasal sinus mycoses in North India. Mycoses. 1998;41:281-286.
28. Dhiwakar M, Thakar A, Bahadur S, et al. Pre-operative diagnosis of allergic fungal sinusitis. Laryngoscope. 2003;113:688-694.
29. Lebowitz RA, Waltzman MN, Jacobs JB, Pearlman A, Tierno PM. Isolation of fungi by standard laboratory methods in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis. Laryngoscope. 2002;112:2189-2191.