Sphenoid fungus balls: Clinical presentation and long-term follow-up in 24 patients

Cephalalgia

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1218-1223

  Leroux, E ^a   Valade, D ^a   Guichard, J P ^a   Herman, P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Fungus ball; Headache; Sphenoid sinus

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINUSITIS; SPHENOID SINUS; SPHENOID SINUS FUNGUS BALL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; SPHENOID SINUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349673571     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2009.01850.x     Document Type: Article

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