caa a22 4500 445297905 CHVBK 20180317142547.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20101001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12070-010-0062-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12070-010-0062-0 Incidence and Presentation of Fungal Sinusitis in Patient Diagnosed with Chronic Rhinosinusitis [Elektronische Daten] [P. Karthikeyan, V. Nirmal Coumare] Significant number of patients diagnosed with chronic rhino sinusitis often tend to have a final diagnosis of fungal sinusitis. We wanted to find out (a) The incidence of patients with fungal sinusitis in those patients who were initially diagnosed as chronic rhinosinusitis. (b) The presentation of fungal sinusitis patients who were initially diagnosed as CRS. Retrospective chart review of 242 patients diagnosed as CRS from May 2006 to April 2009. The various symptoms and signs of those diagnosed initially as CRS, who were then diagnosed as fungal sinusitis were tabulated. Radiological and serological investigations were then analyzed. The microbiology of various species that were cultured in those identified as fungal sinusitis were also presented. Out of 242 patients diagnosed with CRS, 67 patients had clinical and radiological evidence of fungal sinusitis but only 24 of these patients had fungal organisms identified. Majority of them were Aspergillus fumigatus. Clinical suspicion of fungal sinusitis should be made in those patients presenting with CRS with the following signs and symptoms of nasal obstruction, discharge and polyps. Most of those fungus were Aspergillus fumigatus and responded well to treatment. Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 2011 Allergic fungal rhino sinusitis nationallicence Aspergillus fumigatus nationallicence Karthikeyan P. Department of ENT, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Pondy Cuddalore Main Road, Pillayarkuppam, 607 402, Puducherry, India aut Nirmal Coumare V. Department of ENT, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Pondy Cuddalore Main Road, Pillayarkuppam, 607 402, Puducherry, India aut Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Springer-Verlag 62/4(2010-10-01), 381-385 0019-5421 62:4<381 2010 62 12070 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-010-0062-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-010-0062-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Karthikeyan P. Department of ENT, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Pondy Cuddalore Main Road, Pillayarkuppam, 607 402, Puducherry, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nirmal Coumare V. Department of ENT, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Pondy Cuddalore Main Road, Pillayarkuppam, 607 402, Puducherry, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Springer-Verlag 62/4(2010-10-01), 381-385 0019-5421 62:4<381 2010 62 12070 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer