Paranasal sinus fungus ball: Diagnosis and management

Mycoses

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 451-456

  Pagella, Fabio ^b   Matti, Elina ^b   Bernardi, Francesca De ^c   Semino, Lucia ^b   Cavanna, Caterina ^b   Marone, Piero ^b   Farina, Claudio ^a,d   Castelnuovo, Paolo ^c  

^a SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^d Microbiology Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopic sinus surgery; Fungus ball; Paranasal sinuses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BONE EROSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MOULD; MYCOSIS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PARANASAL SINUS FUNGUS BALL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHENOID SINUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ENDOSCOPY; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; SPHENOID SINUS;

ALOUATTA; ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI;

EID: 35348946360     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01416.x     Document Type: Article

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