@entity5578 is an extramucosal @entity3217 , usually occurring in immunocompetent @entity1 as a monolateral lesion. To review the literature data and to report the Policlinico S. Matteo, University of Pavia experience, 81 @entity1 presenting paranasal @entity364 have been treated (January 1994 to May 2005). Twenty-seven @entity1 and 54 @entity1 (19-91 years old; mean 49.4 years) were considered. Seventy-three @entity1 had a single @entity50 affected, but eight presented multiple localisations. Maxillary was the most involved @entity50 followed by sphenoidal and ethmoidal. Moulds have been isolated in 28/81 cases. Histology showed fungal colonisation but not invasion in all cases. Tomography showed @entity79 in 33.3% of @entity1 . All have been treated only by functional endoscopic @entity50 surgery. Seventy-seven of 81 @entity1 have been cured. Four of 81 @entity1 needed another surgical treatment. Follow up was between 6 and 132 months (average: 63 months). @entity364 is a sinusal pathology caused by mycetes like Aspergillus spp. Histology confirms the fungal aethiology excluding tissue invasion. Mycological culture consented to identify the pathogenic mould in 34.5% of cases. Actually functional endoscopic @entity50 surgery is the gold standard for treatment of this pathology, and antifungal therapy is unnecessary.

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'people', 'men'] @entity3217 :: ('MESH:D015821', 'Disease') :: ['mycosis'] @entity79 :: ('MESH:D001847', 'Disease') :: ['bone erosion'] @entity364 :: ('MESH:D009181', 'Disease') :: ['Fungus ball', 'fungus ball'] @entity5578 :: ('MESH:D010254', 'Disease') :: ['Paranasal sinus fungus ball'] @entity50 :: ('MESH:D012851', 'Disease') :: ['sinus']
@entity5578 :: (MESH:D010254,Disease) :: ['Paranasal sinus fungus ball']
