Introduction: To evaluate the most sensitive symptom to predict early recurrence of nasal polyposis. Prospective longitudinal cohort study. Tertiary university referral center with accredited otorhinolaryngology residency programs.  Materials and Methods: In this prospective study, we evaluated 62 patients with diffuse nasal polyposis. All patients underwent functional endoscopic sinus surgery...

Cerebral Aspergillosis (CA) is an opportunistic fungal infection that usually affects immunocompromised hosts. A man was admitted for loss of consciousness and aphasia. Computed Tomography (CT) scan showed a left cerebral frontal lesion. Nasal swab hyphae Aspergillus spp.; isavuconazole started. Lumbar Puncture (LP) tested positive galactomannan (index 1.9), fumigatus grew on the Cerebrospinal ...

240 Mold Sensitization in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patients Radoslaw Gawlik, MD, PhD, and Eugeniusz Czecior, MD, PhD. Internal Medicine, Allergy and Clin Immunology, Silesian University of Medicine, Katowice, Poland; Silesian University of Medicine, Zabrze, Poland. Background: It is estimated that about 10% of the population have IgE antibodies to common inhalant molds. Exposure to fungal allerge...

240 Mold Sensitization in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patients Radoslaw Gawlik, MD, PhD, and Eugeniusz Czecior, MD, PhD. Internal Medicine, Allergy and Clin Immunology, Silesian University of Medicine, Katowice, Poland; Silesian University of Medicine, Zabrze, Poland. Background: It is estimated that about 10% of the population have IgE antibodies to common inhalant molds. Exposure to fungal allerge...

Fungus is one of the causes of chronic rhinosinusitis. If the fungus occupies the sinus but does not invade the sinonasal mucosa, this is called sinus fungus ball. Any association between anatomical variations and fungus ball remains unclear. Sinus fungus ball is defined as non-invasive chronic fungal rhinosinusitis occurring in immunocompetent patients, and the maxillary sinus is the most comm...

A retrospective study was carried out on 79 patients with a history of mold exposure, fatigue, and chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) to determine whether there is a causal relationship between fungal exposure and chronic sinusitis, fatigue, and anterior hypopituitarism, especially growth hormone deficiency (GHD). Of the patients, 94% had a history of CRS, endoscopically and/or computed tomography (C...

240 Mold Sensitization in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patients Radoslaw Gawlik, MD, PhD, and Eugeniusz Czecior, MD, PhD. Internal Medicine, Allergy and Clin Immunology, Silesian University of Medicine, Katowice, Poland; Silesian University of Medicine, Zabrze, Poland. Background: It is estimated that about 10% of the population have IgE antibodies to common inhalant molds. Exposure to fungal allerge...

240 Mold Sensitization in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patients Radoslaw Gawlik, MD, PhD, and Eugeniusz Czecior, MD, PhD. Internal Medicine, Allergy and Clin Immunology, Silesian University of Medicine, Katowice, Poland; Silesian University of Medicine, Zabrze, Poland. Background: It is estimated that about 10% of the population have IgE antibodies to common inhalant molds. Exposure to fungal allerge...

OBJECTIVES The risk factors for maxillary fungal ball are largely unknown. The aim of this study was to determine whether endodontic treatment of maxillary teeth is a risk factor for fungal ball development in the maxillary sinus, and to identify other possible risk factors. METHODS One hundred and twelve case patients diagnosed with maxillary fungal ball (FB group) and age and gender matched...