CT and MRI features in Bipolaris fungal sinusitis

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-132

  Aribandi, M ^a,b   Bazan III, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic fungal sinusitis; Bipolaris; CT; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BIPOLARIS FUNGAL SINUSITIS; BONE DENSITY; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE SECRETION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PARANASAL SINUS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUSITIS; SPHENOID SINUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASCOMYCOTA; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947231318     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01680.x     Document Type: Review

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