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Isolated sphenoid sinus lesion: A diagnostic dilemma

Isolated sphenoid sinus lesions are an uncommon entity and present with non-specific symptoms. In this case report, the patient presented with a history of headaches for a duration of one month without sinonasal symptoms. A computed tomography scan showed a soft tissue mass occupying the sphenoid si...

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Autores principales: Alazzawi, Sarmad, Shahrizal, Tengku, Prepageran, Narayanan, Pailoor, Jayalakshmi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4197375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25320694
http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2014.10
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author Alazzawi, Sarmad
Shahrizal, Tengku
Prepageran, Narayanan
Pailoor, Jayalakshmi
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description Isolated sphenoid sinus lesions are an uncommon entity and present with non-specific symptoms. In this case report, the patient presented with a history of headaches for a duration of one month without sinonasal symptoms. A computed tomography scan showed a soft tissue mass occupying the sphenoid sinus. An endoscopic biopsy revealed fungal infection. Endoscopic wide sphenoidotomy with excision of the sphenoid sinus lesion was then performed however, the microbiological examination post-surgery did not show any fungal elements. Instead, Citrobacter species was implicated to be the cause of infection.
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spelling pubmed-41973752014-10-15 Isolated sphenoid sinus lesion: A diagnostic dilemma Alazzawi, Sarmad Shahrizal, Tengku Prepageran, Narayanan Pailoor, Jayalakshmi Qatar Med J Case Report Isolated sphenoid sinus lesions are an uncommon entity and present with non-specific symptoms. In this case report, the patient presented with a history of headaches for a duration of one month without sinonasal symptoms. A computed tomography scan showed a soft tissue mass occupying the sphenoid sinus. An endoscopic biopsy revealed fungal infection. Endoscopic wide sphenoidotomy with excision of the sphenoid sinus lesion was then performed however, the microbiological examination post-surgery did not show any fungal elements. Instead, Citrobacter species was implicated to be the cause of infection. Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals 2014-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4197375/ /pubmed/25320694 http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2014.10 Text en © 2014 Alazzawi, Shahrizal, Prepageran, Pailoor, licensee Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4197375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25320694
http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2014.10
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