Mucormycosis (Mucor fungus ball) of the maxillary sinus
- Authors
- Cho, H.S.; Yang, H.S.; Kim, K.S.
- Issue Date
- Oct-2014
- Publisher
- Medquest Communications
- Citation
- Ear, Nose and Throat Journal, v.93, no.10, pp E18
- Journal Title
- Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
- Volume
- 93
- Number
- 10
- Start Page
- E18
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/13827
- ISSN
- 0145-5613
- Abstract
- A fungus ball is an extramucosal fungal proliferation that completely fills one or more paranasal sinuses and usually occurs as a unilateral infection. It is mainly caused by Aspergillus spp in an immunocompetent host, but some cases of paranasal fungal balls reportedly have been caused by Mucor spp. A Mucor fungus ball is usually found in the maxillary sinus and/or the sphenoid sinus and may be black in color. Patients with mucormycosis, or a Mucor fungal ball infection, usually present with facial pain or headache. On computed tomography, there are no pathognomonic findings that are conclusive for a diagnosis of mucormycosis. In this article we report a case of mucormycosis in a 56-year-old woman and provide a comprehensive review of the literature on the Mucor fungus ball. To the best of our knowledge, 5 case reports (8 patients) have been published in which the fungus ball was thought to be caused by Mucor spp. © 2015 Vendome Group, LLC.
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