Volume : VII, Issue : II, February - 2018

DIAGNOSTIC ROLE OF HISTOPATHOLOGY IN FUNGAL SINUSITIS

Dr. S. Subitha, Dr. Mohanapriya

Abstract :

 Background: Acute or chronic rhinosinusitis is a common condition affecting upto 20%of the population. Fungal organisms are one of the proposed aetiological agents and are seen in 6–12 % of these patients.

Objective: To categorising the fungal sinusitis according to the classification & studying the histomorphology of fungus

Methods and Material: A retrospective analysis of  65 cases of fungal sinusitis were studied for  1yr at Department of  Pathology, Madras Medical College. On histopathological evaluation the cases were classified as Non invasive and invasive fungal rhinosinusitis (FRS) depending on tissue invasion.

Results: Three histologic categories of FRS were identified:1) Mycetoma/fungal ball (70%). 2 )chronic invasive FRS (18.4%). 3) chronic granulomatous invasive FRS (2%).  Oppurtunistic infections like DM was present in 29% and  remaining cases were immunocompetant. Aspergillus was most common fungal species seen in fungal ball and  mucormycosis was common in chronic  invasive FRS and chronic granulomatous invasive FRS.  Angioinvasion waspresent in 6 cases of mucormycosis

Article: Download PDF    DOI : https://www.doi.org/10.36106/paripex  

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Dr.S.SUBITHA, Dr.MOHANAPRIYA, DIAGNOSTIC ROLE OF HISTOPATHOLOGY IN FUNGAL SINUSITIS, PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-2 | February-2018

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