Ozkırıs Mahmut, Kapusuz Zeliha, Seçkın Selda, Saydam Levent
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Bozok University Medical Faculty, Adnan Menderes Bulvarı No. 42, Yozgat, Turkey.
Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2013;2013:920406. doi: 10.1155/2013/920406. Epub 2013 Jul 8.
Concha bullosa is the pneumatization of the concha and is one of the most common variations of the sinonasal anatomy. The histopathological changes caused by the infections which arise from the impaired aeration of conchal cavity are frequently found. Fungus ball of the nasal cavity is an extremely rare, fungal infection with only three cases reported previously. In this paper, we present the fourth fungus ball case which developed within a concha bullosa and presented with anosmia.
泡状鼻甲是鼻甲的气化,是鼻窦解剖结构最常见的变异之一。因鼻甲腔通气障碍引发感染所致的组织病理学改变屡见不鲜。鼻腔真菌球极为罕见,此前仅有3例报道。本文报告第4例发生于泡状鼻甲内并伴有嗅觉丧失的真菌球病例。