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Allergic Fungal Sinusitis

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AFS is a form of noninvasive fungal sinusitis that causes nasal polyps Hypersensitivity to fungus is the basis for polyp formation in AFS Aspergillus and the dematiaceous fungi have been implicated in AFS AFS is overdiagnosed and often confused with other forms of polypoid CRS

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Ryan, M.W., Marple, B.F. (2010). Allergic Fungal Sinusitis. In: Önerci, T., Ferguson, B. (eds) Nasal Polyposis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11412-0_15

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