A Case of the Bilateral Maxillary Sinus Fungal Ball

Lee, Jung Ho; Jung, Joo Hyun; Kim, Seon Tae; Kang, Il Gyu

doi:10.35420/jcohns.2011.22.2.239

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2011; 22(2):239-242

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.2011.22.2.239

증례

양측 상악동을 침범한 진균구 1예

이정호¹, 정주현¹, 김선태¹, 강일규¹^,^*

A Case of the Bilateral Maxillary Sinus Fungal Ball

Jung Ho Lee¹, Joo Hyun Jung¹, Seon Tae Kim¹, Il Gyu Kang¹^,^*

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¹가천의과학대학교 길병원 이비인후-두경부외과학교실

¹Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Gachon University of Medicine & Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea

^*교신저자: 강일규, 405-760 인천광역시 남동구 구월동 1198 가천의과학대학교 길병원 이비인후-두경부외과학교실 전화: (032) 460-3765-4818·전송: (032) 467-9044 E-mail:eyik@gilhospital.com

© Copyright 2011 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Jun 02, 2011; Revised: Jul 10, 2011; Accepted: Sep 29, 2011

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Fungal sinusitis is a relatively rare disease. Currently, the number of patients with fungal sinusitis has been increasing. Conditions that predispose to fungal infections include: diabetes, long-term treatments of antibiotics or cortisones, radio- and chemotherapy, immunosuppressive treatments, and patients with disorders of the immune system. Most cases of fungal sinusitis are unilateral. We treated a patient with bilateral fungal ball that underwent chemotherapy for lung cancer. Here we report this case of bilateral fungal sinusitis and review the medical literature. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2011;22:239-242)

Keywords: 상악동; 양측성; 진균

Keywords: Maxillary sinus; Bilateral; Fungus