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Clinical and Radiologic Features of Fungal Diseases of the Paranasal Sinuses

Clinical and Radiologic Features of Fungal Diseases of the Paranasal Sinuses ORIGINAL ARTICLE Clinical and Radiologic Features of Fungal Diseases of the Paranasal Sinuses Ahmet Turan Ilica, MD, Mahmud Mossa-Basha, MD, Fernando Maluf, MD, Izlem Izbudak, MD, and Nafi Aygun, MD were reviewed, and demographic and clinical data were recorded. Objective: To document the clinical and imaging characteristics of Imaging data, including computed tomography (CT) and/or mag- fungal rhinosinusitis (FRS). netic resonance imaging (MRI), were retrieved from our picture Methods: Imaging studies of 28 patients with FRS were retrospectively archiving and communication system and were retrospectively analyzed, considering the type of fungal disease, location, signal char- analyzed. An institutional review board reviewed and approved acteristics, bone changes, expansion, and extrasinus extension. the protocol for this retrospective study and waived the require- Results: Acute invasive FRS showed unilateral pacifications of the sino- ment for informed consent. nasal cavity, perisinus fat infiltration and/or bone destruction. Chronic in- The CT examinations were obtained on different multide- vasive FRS demonstrated masslike hyperattenuating soft tissue, with bony tector CT scanners, including 4-, 16- and 64-row detectors. Axial destruction. The soft tissue changes were hypointense on T1 and markedly and coronal CT sections were obtained through the maxillofacial hypointense on T2-weighted images. In allergic FRS, hyperattenuating http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography Wolters Kluwer Health

Clinical and Radiologic Features of Fungal Diseases of the Paranasal Sinuses

Aygun, Nafi
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography , Volume 36 (5) – Sep 1, 2012
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0363-8715
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE Clinical and Radiologic Features of Fungal Diseases of the Paranasal Sinuses Ahmet Turan Ilica, MD, Mahmud Mossa-Basha, MD, Fernando Maluf, MD, Izlem Izbudak, MD, and Nafi Aygun, MD were reviewed, and demographic and clinical data were recorded. Objective: To document the clinical and imaging characteristics of Imaging data, including computed tomography (CT) and/or mag- fungal rhinosinusitis (FRS). netic resonance imaging (MRI), were retrieved from our picture Methods: Imaging studies of 28 patients with FRS were retrospectively archiving and communication system and were retrospectively analyzed, considering the type of fungal disease, location, signal char- analyzed. An institutional review board reviewed and approved acteristics, bone changes, expansion, and extrasinus extension. the protocol for this retrospective study and waived the require- Results: Acute invasive FRS showed unilateral pacifications of the sino- ment for informed consent. nasal cavity, perisinus fat infiltration and/or bone destruction. Chronic in- The CT examinations were obtained on different multide- vasive FRS demonstrated masslike hyperattenuating soft tissue, with bony tector CT scanners, including 4-, 16- and 64-row detectors. Axial destruction. The soft tissue changes were hypointense on T1 and markedly and coronal CT sections were obtained through the maxillofacial hypointense on T2-weighted images. In allergic FRS, hyperattenuating

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