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. 2013:2013:920406.
doi: 10.1155/2013/920406. Epub 2013 Jul 8.

Fungus ball in concha bullosa: a rare case with anosmia

Mahmut Ozkırıs  1 , Zeliha Kapusuz, Selda Seçkın, Levent Saydam
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Fungus ball in concha bullosa: a rare case with anosmia

Mahmut Ozkırıs et al. Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2013.

Abstract

Concha bullosa is the pneumatization of the concha and is one of the most common variations of the sinonasal anatomy. The histopathological changes caused by the infections which arise from the impaired aeration of conchal cavity are frequently found. Fungus ball of the nasal cavity is an extremely rare, fungal infection with only three cases reported previously. In this paper, we present the fourth fungus ball case which developed within a concha bullosa and presented with anosmia.

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Figure 1
Coronal section of paranasal sinus on a noncontrast CT scan, showing partial heterogeneous opacification of the right concha bullosa, within which hyperdense foci are observed.
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Figure 2
Endoscopic photograph showing a fungus ball in the right concha bullosa.
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Figure 3
Histopathologic sections demonstrating fungi in Grocott method.
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Figure 4
Characteristic septate hyphae of Aspergillus (Hematoxylin-EosinX400).
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Figure 5
Coronal section of paranasal sinus CT scan of the patient after 1 month.
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