An expansive paranasal sinus tumour-like lesion caused by Bipolaris spicifera in an immunocompetent patient [6]

Histopathology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 660-662

  Ambrosetti, D ^a   Hofman, V ^a   Castillo, L ^a   Gari Toussaint, M ^b   Hofman, P ^a  

^a PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIPOLARIS SPICIFERA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ETHMOIDECTOMY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; MYCOSIS; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASCOMYCOTA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PARANASAL SINUSES; SINUSITIS;

BIPOLARIS SPICIFERA;

EID: 33845539872     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2006.02566.x     Document Type: Letter

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