Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Fungal Sinusitis

Pathogenesis and Treatment

  • Chapter
Diseases of the Sinuses

Abstract

Fungi resemble cave dwellers. They inhabit dark, warm, moist enclosed spaces. Fungi may enter and occupy any human body orifice, and given sufficient nutrients, will proliferate usually in concentric rings until the space is completely occupied. Fungal otitis, rhinitis, vaginitis, pharyngitis, proctitis, enteritis, bronchitis, and paranasal sinusitis have all been described.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. Washburn RG, Kennedy DW, Begley MG, Henderson DK, Bennett JE. Chronic fungal sinusitis in apparently normal hosts. Medicine 1988;67:231–247.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Jahrsdoerfer RA, Ejercito VS, Johns MME, Cantrell RW, Sydnor JB. Aspergillosis of the nose and paranasal sinuses. Am J Otolaryngol 1979; 1:6–14.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Legent F, Billet J, Beauvillain C, Bonnet J, Miegeville M. The role of dental canal fillings in the development of Aspergillus sinusitis. Arch Otorhinolaryngol 1989;246: 318–320.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Grigoriu D, Bambule J, Delacretaz J. Aspergillus sinusitis. Postgrad Med J 1979;55:619–621.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Petersen JM, Baldone SC, Sresthadatta T. Paranasal sinus aspergillosis: a report of two cases and review of the literature. J Am Osteopath Assoc 1982;81:549–553.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. von Haacke N. Aspergillosis of the paranasal sinuses. J Laryngol Otol 1984;98:193–197.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Pingree TF, Holt GR, Otto RA, Rinaldi MG. Bipolariscaused fungal sinusitis. Otolaryngol Head and Neck Surg 1992;106:302–305.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Watters GWR, Milford CA. Isolated sphenoid sinusitis due to Pseudallescheria boydii. J Laryngol Otol 1993; 107:344–346.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Morrison VA, Weisdorf DJ. A Iternaria: a sinonasal pathogen of immunocompromised hosts. Clin Infect Dis 1993; 16:265–270.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. James PW, Hawsworth DL. Dictionary of the Fungi. Kew, Surrey: Commonwealth Mycological Institute, 1971.

    Google Scholar 

  11. Lin WS, Hung HY. Transnasal endoscopic surgery of sphenoid sinus aspergillosis. J Laryngol Otol 1993; 107: 837–839.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Katzenstein A-LA, Sale SR, Greenberger P. Allergic Aspergillus sinusitis: a newly recognized form of sinusitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1983;72:89–93.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Katzenstein A-LA, Sale SR, Greenberger PA. Pathologic findings in allergic aspergillus sinusitis: a newly recognized form of sinusitis. Am J Surg Pathol 1983; 7:439–443.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Goldstein MF. Allergic fungal sinusitis: an underdiagnosed problem. Hosp Pract 1992;27:73–92.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Shah A, Bhagat R, Panchal N, Jaggi OP, Khan ZU. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis with middle lobe syndrome and allergic Aspergillus sinusitis. Eur Respir J 1993;6:917,918.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Austwick PKC. Pathogenicity. In: Raper KB, Fennell DI, eds., The Genus Aspergillus. Huntington, NY: Robert E. Krieger, 1977; pp. 90, 91.

    Google Scholar 

  17. Lemos LB, Jensen AB. Pathology of aspergillosis. In: Al-Doory Y, Wagner GE, eds., Aspergillosis. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1985, p. 172.

    Google Scholar 

  18. Viollier A-F, Peterson DE, De Jongh CA, et al. Aspergillus sinusitis in cancer patients. Cancer 1986; 58:366–371.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Drakos PE, Nagler A, Or R, et al. Invasive fungal sinusitis in patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplantation 1993; 12:203–208.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. Veress B, Malik OA, El Tayeb AA, El Daoud S, El Mahgoub S, El Hassan AM. Further observations on the primary paranasal Aspergillus granuloma in the Sudan. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1973;22:765–772.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Kameswaran M, Al-Wadei A, Khurana P, Okafor BC. Rhinocerebral aspergillosis. J Laryngol Otol 1992; 106: 981–985.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Mahgoub EL. Mycological and serological studies on Aspergillus flavus isolated from paranasal aspergilloma in Sudan. J Trop Med Hyg 1971;74:162–165.

    Google Scholar 

  23. Austwick PKC. Pathogenicity. In: Raper KB, Fennell DI, eds., The Genus Aspergillus, Huntington, NY: Robert E. Krieger, 1977; p. 83.

    Google Scholar 

  24. Wolf M, Zillinsky I, Lieberman P. Acutemycotic sinusitis with bacterial sepsis in orotracheal intubation and nasogastric tubing: a case report and review of the literature. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1988;98:615–617.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. Zinreich SJ, Kennedy DW, Malat J, et al. Fungal sinusitis: diagnosis with CT and MR imaging. Radiology 1988; 169:439–444.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  26. Som PM, Curtin HD. Chronic inflammatory sinonasal diseases including fungal infections: the role of imaging. Radiol Clin North Am 1993;31:33–44.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  27. McGuirt WF, Harrill JA. Paranasal sinus aspergillosis. Laryngoscope 1979;89:1563–1568.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. Kohn R, Hepler R. Management of limited rhino-orbital mucormycosis without exenteration. Ophthalmology 1985;92:1440–1444.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  29. Daghistani KJ, Jamal TS, Zaher S, Nassif OI. Allergic Aspergillus sinusitis with proptosis. J Laryngol Otol 1992; 106:759–803.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. Corey JP. Allergic fungal sinusitis. Otolaryng Clin North Am 1992;25:225–230.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  31. Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 20-1991. A 62-year-old woman with obstruction of the left nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses by a mass. N Eng J Med 1991; 324:1423–1429.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Authors
  1. Harold S. Novey MD
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology, University of California, Davis, CA

    M. Eric Gershwin MD  & Gary A. Incaudo MD  & 

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 1996 Springer Science+Business Media New York

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Novey, H.S. (1996). Fungal Sinusitis. In: Gershwin, M.E., Incaudo, G.A. (eds) Diseases of the Sinuses. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0225-7_16

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0225-7_16

  • Publisher Name: Humana Press, Totowa, NJ

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-4612-6670-9

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4612-0225-7

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation