Results. We reviewed 110 charts from patients who had had chronic sinusitis. Five (4.5%) of those patients had fungal sinusitis, 52 (47%) had allergic sinusitis, and 53 (48%) had infectious sinusitis.

A CT scan can show signs of fungal sinusitis, including fungal masses or sinus cavity abnormalities. Takeaway. AFRS is an inflammatory condition triggered by an exaggerated immune response to ...

Fungal balls most commonly occur in one of the maxillary sinuses on either side of the nose below the eyes. They might not cause symptoms and are often discovered on a CT scan conducted for ...

Fungal Sinusitis: Current Trends in Diagnosis and Treatment. MedGenMed 2(1), 2000 [formerly published in Medscape Pulmonary Medicine eJournal 4(1), 2000]. Available at: https://www.medscape.com ...

"We showed in 1999 that fungal organisms were present in the mucus of 96 percent of patients who had surgery for chronic sinusitis, and that inflammatory cells were clumped around the fungi, which ...

Fungal sinusitis causes sinus swelling as a result of a type of fungus. ... Doctors also recommend CT or MRI scans to check for fungal growth or tissue damage, ...

Life-threatening Complications: A CT scan revealed that Dr RG was suffering from nasal polyposis and fungal sinusitis, which was compressing the optic nerve within the sphenoid sinus. This rare ...

Allergic Fungal Sinusitis (AFS): This type happens when your immune system reacts to fungi in your sinuses. It’s often seen in people with allergies and can cause symptoms like nasal congestion ...

Most sinusitis are caused by viruses, sometimes bacteria and, in rare cases, fungal infections. Furthermore, sinusitis can be differentiated with regard to the affected paranasal sinuses.