Isolated sphenoid fungal sinusitis and coexisting intrasellar mass lesion presenting with headache as the sole symptom

A case of isolated sphenoid fungal sinusitis in an elderly diabetic patient is described. A coexisting mass lesion located in the sellar region was detected incidentally. Coincidence of these two entities represents a potential surgical disaster which may result in direct intracranial spread of fung...

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Autores principales: Kalaycı, Cem Burak, Çevik, Halime
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4207288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25346851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2047981614546794
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description A case of isolated sphenoid fungal sinusitis in an elderly diabetic patient is described. A coexisting mass lesion located in the sellar region was detected incidentally. Coincidence of these two entities represents a potential surgical disaster which may result in direct intracranial spread of fungal infection.
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spelling pubmed-42072882014-10-24 Isolated sphenoid fungal sinusitis and coexisting intrasellar mass lesion presenting with headache as the sole symptom Kalaycı, Cem Burak Çevik, Halime Acta Radiol Short Rep Case Report A case of isolated sphenoid fungal sinusitis in an elderly diabetic patient is described. A coexisting mass lesion located in the sellar region was detected incidentally. Coincidence of these two entities represents a potential surgical disaster which may result in direct intracranial spread of fungal infection. SAGE Publications 2014-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4207288/ /pubmed/25346851 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2047981614546794 Text en © The Foundation Acta Radiologica 2014 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page(http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/openaccess.htm).
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Isolated sphenoid fungal sinusitis and coexisting intrasellar mass lesion presenting with headache as the sole symptom
title Isolated sphenoid fungal sinusitis and coexisting intrasellar mass lesion presenting with headache as the sole symptom
title_full Isolated sphenoid fungal sinusitis and coexisting intrasellar mass lesion presenting with headache as the sole symptom
title_fullStr Isolated sphenoid fungal sinusitis and coexisting intrasellar mass lesion presenting with headache as the sole symptom
title_full_unstemmed Isolated sphenoid fungal sinusitis and coexisting intrasellar mass lesion presenting with headache as the sole symptom
title_short Isolated sphenoid fungal sinusitis and coexisting intrasellar mass lesion presenting with headache as the sole symptom
title_sort isolated sphenoid fungal sinusitis and coexisting intrasellar mass lesion presenting with headache as the sole symptom
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4207288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25346851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2047981614546794
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