Fungal ball in concha bullosa as incidentaloma: A case report and the review of the literature

Antonella Spatola, MD; Michele Aspromonte, MD; Maria Adele Marino, MD; Sebastiano Maria Miano, MD; Annamaria Zagaria, MD; Bruno Galletti, MD; Alfredo Blandino, MD; Giorgio Ascenti, MD; Carmelo Sofia, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Mar 2022)

Fungal ball in concha bullosa as incidentaloma: A case report and the review of the literature

Antonella Spatola, MD,
Michele Aspromonte, MD,
Maria Adele Marino, MD,
Sebastiano Maria Miano, MD,
Annamaria Zagaria, MD,
Bruno Galletti, MD,
Alfredo Blandino, MD,
Giorgio Ascenti, MD,
Carmelo Sofia, MD

Affiliations

Antonella Spatola, MD: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphologic and Func&onal Imaging, Sec & on of Radiological Sciences, University of Messina, Policlinico ''G. Mar&no'' Via Consolare Valeria 1, Messina 98100, Italy; Corresponding author.
Michele Aspromonte, MD: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphologic and Func&onal Imaging, Sec & on of Radiological Sciences, University of Messina, Policlinico ''G. Mar&no'' Via Consolare Valeria 1, Messina 98100, Italy
Maria Adele Marino, MD: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphologic and Func&onal Imaging, Sec & on of Radiological Sciences, University of Messina, Policlinico ''G. Mar&no'' Via Consolare Valeria 1, Messina 98100, Italy
Sebastiano Maria Miano, MD: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphologic and Func&onal Imaging, Sec & on of Radiological Sciences, University of Messina, Policlinico ''G. Mar&no'' Via Consolare Valeria 1, Messina 98100, Italy
Annamaria Zagaria, MD: Department of Adult and Development Age Human Pathology “Gaetano Barresi”, Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Messina, Policlinico ''G. Mar&no'' Via Consolare Valeria 1, Messina 98100, Italy
Bruno Galletti, MD: Department of Adult and Development Age Human Pathology “Gaetano Barresi”, Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Messina, Policlinico ''G. Mar&no'' Via Consolare Valeria 1, Messina 98100, Italy
Alfredo Blandino, MD: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphologic and Func&onal Imaging, Sec & on of Radiological Sciences, University of Messina, Policlinico ''G. Mar&no'' Via Consolare Valeria 1, Messina 98100, Italy
Giorgio Ascenti, MD: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphologic and Func&onal Imaging, Sec & on of Radiological Sciences, University of Messina, Policlinico ''G. Mar&no'' Via Consolare Valeria 1, Messina 98100, Italy
Carmelo Sofia, MD: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphologic and Func&onal Imaging, Sec & on of Radiological Sciences, University of Messina, Policlinico ''G. Mar&no'' Via Consolare Valeria 1, Messina 98100, Italy

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 3
pp. 997 – 1001

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Concha bullosa is an anatomic variant consisting in an enlargement and pneumatization of the middle nasal turbinate. A fungal ball (FB) localized in this structure is an extremely rare disease. This article describes the unusual case of a young patient with an asymptomatic fungal mass in the concha bullosa, incidentally discovered at computed tomography (CT) scan of the head, which was performed after trauma.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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