Fungal multisinusitis with intracranial extension

N Thapa; B K Sinha; RCM Amatya; P Shrivastav; B Pradhan; C L Bhusal; K Baskota; R P Guragain

doi:10.31729/jnma.810

Journal of Nepal Medical Association (Apr 2013)

Fungal multisinusitis with intracranial extension

N Thapa,
B K Sinha,
RCM Amatya,
P Shrivastav,
B Pradhan,
C L Bhusal,
K Baskota,
R P Guragain

Affiliations

N Thapa: Department of ORL and Head & Neck Surgery, TUTH, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu.
B K Sinha: Asso. Professor, Department of ORL and Head & Neck Surgery, TUTH, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
RCM Amatya: Professor and Head of Dept., Department of ORL and Head & Neck Surgery, TUTH, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
P Shrivastav: Professor, Department of ORL and Head & Neck Surgery, TUTH, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
B Pradhan: Lecturer, Department of ORL and Head & Neck Surgery, TUTH, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
C L Bhusal: Lecturer, Department of ORL and Head & Neck Surgery, TUTH, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
K Baskota: Lecturer, Department of ORL and Head & Neck Surgery, TUTH, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
R P Guragain: Lecturer, Department of ORL and Head & Neck Surgery, TUTH, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.810
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 39, no. 136

Abstract

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Aspergillosis is the commonest fungal infection of nose and paranasal sinuses. Its invasive form is rare in a healthy patient. A case of fungal multisinusitis with intracranial extension with characteristic computerized tomographic finding is reported. Key Words: Aspergillosis, intracranial extension, CT scan, external frontoethmoidectomy.

Published in Journal of Nepal Medical Association

ISSN: 0028-2715 (Print); 1815-672X (Online)
Publisher: Nepal Medical Association
Country of publisher: Nepal
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
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