Methods A study was done on the data related to 570 patients who had visited the allergy clinic in the Otolaryngology Department from January 2000 to September 2009. Clinical history related to Allergy was taken and clinical examination was done. The investigations done included Total Serum IgE levels, Peripheral Oesinophil percentage, Skin tests & Fungal culture. Based on the clinical findings...

OBJECTIVE To study the point prevalence of allergic rhinitis and sinusitis in childhood asthma and to examine the relationship among them. METHODS In 250 children (age <13 y) with mild-to-moderte asthma, allergic rhinitis was diagnosed by clinical plus nasal eosinophilia criteria, and sinusitis was diagnosed clinically plus confirmation by computerized tomography scan. RESULTS The point pre...

Patients with HIV/AIDS can present with multiple types of fungal rhinosinusitis, fungal balls, granulomatous invasive fungal rhinosinusitis, acute or chronic invasive fungal rhinosinusitis, or allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS). Given the variable spectrum of immune status and susceptibility to severe infection from opportunistic pathogens it is extremely important that clinicians distinguis...

Allergic fungal rhino sinusitis (AFRS) is a non-invasive resulting from an allergic and immunologic response to the presence of extramucosal hyphae in sinuses. Defined largely by mucin, which thick, tenacious, eosinophilic secretion with characteristic histologic findings. To present case series on variable presentations patients diagnosed AFRS. A retrospective study 10 cases that presented Raj...

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a complex clinical entity resulting from an allergic immune response to Aspergillus species, and most often occurs in patients with asthma. ABPA is rarely observed in the absence of asthma, which is, in fact, the principal criterion for its diagnosis. Our patient was a 53-year-old woman with no history of bronchial asthma. She presented with a 1...