Fungus ball of the paranasal sinuses: Experience in 160 patients treated with endoscopic surgery

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2275-2279

  Nicolai, Piero ^a   Lombardi, Davide ^a   Tomenzoli, Davide ^a   Villaret, Andrea Bolzoni ^a   Piccioni, Michela ^a   Mensi, Magda ^a   Maroldi, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopic surgery; Fungal rhinosinusitis; Fungus ball; Paranasal sinuses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ETHMOID BONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PARANASAL SINUS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPHENOID; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449092550     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20578     Document Type: Article

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