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. 2023 Aug;51(4):1179-1180.
doi: 10.1007/s15010-022-01974-w. Epub 2022 Dec 29.

Olfactory cleft infection revealed by anosmia

Maxime Fieux  1   2   3   4 , Camille Kolenda  5   6   7   8 , Alexis Trecourt  9 , Stéphane Tringali  5   10
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Olfactory cleft infection revealed by anosmia

Maxime Fieux et al. Infection. 2023 Aug.
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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Preoperative clinical and imaging features. Nasofibroscopic examination revealed an edema of the right olfactory cleft (OC) with a polypoid aspect (A, arrow), computed tomography of the skull base revealed an OC mass (B, arrow) and contrast-enhanced T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging revealed a dark signal in the OC with a high signal in surrounding soft tissue, indicating hypertrophic mucosal walls
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Histological analysis confirmed the presence of filamentous bacteria grains around a sinusal foreign plant body, characteristic of Actinomyces (Grocott positive and Ziehl negative)
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