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Huge Concha Bullosa Involved With Allergic Fungal Sinusitis and Mimicking a Bony Tumor

Concha bullosa (CB) is a pneumatized air cell within the nasal turbinates, often in the middle turbinate. CB is one of the most common anatomical variations found in the middle turbinate. It generally tends to be asymptomatic but can cause symptoms such as nasal obstruction, facial pain, and a decre...

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Autores principales: Alromaih, Saud R, Aloraini, Nouf S, Alqaryan, Saleh K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8272891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34277207
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15586
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description Concha bullosa (CB) is a pneumatized air cell within the nasal turbinates, often in the middle turbinate. CB is one of the most common anatomical variations found in the middle turbinate. It generally tends to be asymptomatic but can cause symptoms such as nasal obstruction, facial pain, and a decrease in the sense of smell. Moreover, CB can be involved in chronic rhinosinusitis, which can lead to its confusion with other lesions, as the radiographic picture might mimic other nasal pathologies. Here, we report a case of massive CB involved with allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) and mimicking a bony tumor in order to highlight the diagnostic challenge of this clinical entity.
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spelling pubmed-82728912021-07-16 Huge Concha Bullosa Involved With Allergic Fungal Sinusitis and Mimicking a Bony Tumor Alromaih, Saud R Aloraini, Nouf S Alqaryan, Saleh K Cureus Otolaryngology Concha bullosa (CB) is a pneumatized air cell within the nasal turbinates, often in the middle turbinate. CB is one of the most common anatomical variations found in the middle turbinate. It generally tends to be asymptomatic but can cause symptoms such as nasal obstruction, facial pain, and a decrease in the sense of smell. Moreover, CB can be involved in chronic rhinosinusitis, which can lead to its confusion with other lesions, as the radiographic picture might mimic other nasal pathologies. Here, we report a case of massive CB involved with allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) and mimicking a bony tumor in order to highlight the diagnostic challenge of this clinical entity. Cureus 2021-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8272891/ /pubmed/34277207 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15586 Text en Copyright © 2021, Alromaih et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Alromaih, Saud R
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Alqaryan, Saleh K
Huge Concha Bullosa Involved With Allergic Fungal Sinusitis and Mimicking a Bony Tumor
title Huge Concha Bullosa Involved With Allergic Fungal Sinusitis and Mimicking a Bony Tumor
title_full Huge Concha Bullosa Involved With Allergic Fungal Sinusitis and Mimicking a Bony Tumor
title_fullStr Huge Concha Bullosa Involved With Allergic Fungal Sinusitis and Mimicking a Bony Tumor
title_full_unstemmed Huge Concha Bullosa Involved With Allergic Fungal Sinusitis and Mimicking a Bony Tumor
title_short Huge Concha Bullosa Involved With Allergic Fungal Sinusitis and Mimicking a Bony Tumor
title_sort huge concha bullosa involved with allergic fungal sinusitis and mimicking a bony tumor
topic Otolaryngology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8272891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34277207
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15586
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