Fungus Ball in Concha Bullosa: A Rare Case with Anosmia

Concha bullosa is the pneumatization of the concha and is one of the most common variations of the sinonasal anatomy. The histopathological changes caused by the infections which arise from the impaired aeration of conchal cavity are frequently found. Fungus ball of the nasal cavity is an extremely...

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Autores principales: Özkırıs, Mahmut, Kapusuz, Zeliha, Seçkın, Selda, Saydam, Levent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3722988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23936708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/920406
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author Özkırıs, Mahmut
Kapusuz, Zeliha
Seçkın, Selda
Saydam, Levent
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description Concha bullosa is the pneumatization of the concha and is one of the most common variations of the sinonasal anatomy. The histopathological changes caused by the infections which arise from the impaired aeration of conchal cavity are frequently found. Fungus ball of the nasal cavity is an extremely rare, fungal infection with only three cases reported previously. In this paper, we present the fourth fungus ball case which developed within a concha bullosa and presented with anosmia.
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spelling pubmed-37229882013-08-09 Fungus Ball in Concha Bullosa: A Rare Case with Anosmia Özkırıs, Mahmut Kapusuz, Zeliha Seçkın, Selda Saydam, Levent Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report Concha bullosa is the pneumatization of the concha and is one of the most common variations of the sinonasal anatomy. The histopathological changes caused by the infections which arise from the impaired aeration of conchal cavity are frequently found. Fungus ball of the nasal cavity is an extremely rare, fungal infection with only three cases reported previously. In this paper, we present the fourth fungus ball case which developed within a concha bullosa and presented with anosmia. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3722988/ /pubmed/23936708 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/920406 Text en Copyright © 2013 Mahmut Özkırıs et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Fungus Ball in Concha Bullosa: A Rare Case with Anosmia
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title_full Fungus Ball in Concha Bullosa: A Rare Case with Anosmia
title_fullStr Fungus Ball in Concha Bullosa: A Rare Case with Anosmia
title_full_unstemmed Fungus Ball in Concha Bullosa: A Rare Case with Anosmia
title_short Fungus Ball in Concha Bullosa: A Rare Case with Anosmia
title_sort fungus ball in concha bullosa: a rare case with anosmia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3722988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23936708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/920406
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