Allergic fungal sinusitis is a histopathologic diagnosis; Paranasal mucocele is not

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 316-323

  Heffner, Dennis K ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic fungal sinusitis; allergic mucin; mucocele

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ALLERGIC FUNGAL SINUSITIS; ALLERGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MUCOCELE; MYCETOMA; PARAMETER; PARANASAL MUCOCELE; PARANASAL SINUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 5644226051     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2004.07.010     Document Type: Article

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