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Clinicopathological and Radiological Features of Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Eosinophilic Mucin in Chungcheong Province of Korea

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Background

Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with eosinophilic mucin is considered rare in Korea. The object of this study was to categorize CRS patients with eosinophilic mucin into several groups and compared the groups based on their clinicopathological and radiological features.

Methods

In total, 105 CRS patients with eosinophilic mucin from four tertiary medical centers which are located at Chungcheong province of Korea were included for this study. The patients were divided into four groups for analysis, based on the presence or absence of an allergy (A) to a fungus or fungal element (F) in the mucin. The following were the four groups: allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS, A+F+), AFRS-like sinusitis (A+F−), eosinophilic fungal rhinosinusitis (EFRS, A−F+), and eosinophilic mucin rhinosinusitis (EMRS, A−F−). Their clinical manifestation, the presence of associated disease, radiological finding, treatment, and treatment outcome were reviewed and compared.

Results

There were no patients in the AFRS-like sinusitis group, 47 patients were assigned to the AFRS group, 27 to the EFRS group, and 41 to the EMRS group. Patients of AFRS group showed a significantly higher association with allergic rhinitis than did the other groups. The mean total serum IgE level in the AFRS patients was significantly higher than in the EFRS and EMRS patients. In the AFRS group and EFRS group, 67.6% and 74.1% had unilateral disease, respectively, in contrast to the EMRS group (4.9%). The mean Hounsfield unit values of the area of high attenuation in the AFRS patients were significantly higher than those in the other groups.

Conclusions

Significant clinicopathological differences existed among the subgroups of CRS with eosinophilic mucin. AFRS tends to be an allergic response to colonizing fungi in atopic individuals. In EFRS, local allergies to fungi might play a role in the disease. EMRS is thought to be unconnected with fungal allergies, and it showed different form compared with the AFRS and EFRS groups.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Chungnam National University, School of Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

    Soo Kyoung Park, Ki Wan Park, Yong Min Kim & Ki Sang Rha

  2. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Republic of Korea

    Ji-Hun Mo

  3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Republic of Korea

    Byoung Joon Baek

  4. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Republic of Korea

    Woo Sub Shim & Hahn Jin Jung

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Park, S.K., Park, K.W., Mo, JH. et al. Clinicopathological and Radiological Features of Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Eosinophilic Mucin in Chungcheong Province of Korea. Mycopathologia 184, 423–431 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-019-00340-z

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