Clinical Characteristics of Sphenoid Sinus Fungus Ball: A Nine-year Retrospective Study of 77 Cases

This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of sphenoid sinus fungus ball (SSFB) to help increase the accuracy of diagnosis and efficiency of treatment. We retrospectively analyzed the data of 77 patients who were histopathologically diagnosed with SSFB. The mean age of SSFB patient...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Laryngoscope 2023-12, Vol.133 (12), p.3292-3298
Hauptverfasser:	Jiang, Tianjiao, Zhang, Qian, Li, Chunhao, Li, Tong, Sun, Shujuan, Chen, Aiping, Ji, Hongzhi, Wan, Yuzhu, Shi, Li, Yu, Liang
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Chronic Disease Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus Endoscopy Female Fungi Headache Headaches Humans Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Sinuses Sinusitis - diagnosis Sinusitis - epidemiology Sinusitis - surgery Sphenoid Sinus - diagnostic imaging Sphenoid Sinus - surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of sphenoid sinus fungus ball (SSFB) to help increase the accuracy of diagnosis and efficiency of treatment. We retrospectively analyzed the data of 77 patients who were histopathologically diagnosed with SSFB. The mean age of SSFB patients was 52.4 years (range 25-84), and 47 patients (61.0%) were female. Compared to age-matched and sex-matched chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) patients, headache was more common in SSFB patients (79.2%; p
ISSN:	0023-852X 1531-4995
DOI:	10.1002/lary.30683