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ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2019

The use of magnetic resonance imaging in differential diagnosis of allergic fungal sinusitis and eosinophilic mucin rhinosinusitis.

Yifan Meng, Luo Zhang, Yingshi Piao, Hongfei Lou, Kuiji Wang, Chengshuo Wang

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Article in Journal of thoracic disease, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yifan MengDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China.
Luo ZhangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China.
Yingshi PiaoDepartment of Pathology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China.
Hongfei LouDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China.
Kuiji WangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China.
Chengshuo WangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China.
Beijing Tongren Hospital · CNCapital Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAllergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) and eosinophilic mucin rhinosinusitis (EMRS) represent pathophysiological variants of sinusitis and have similar clinical features. However, to date, few studies have described the differential diagnosis of AFS and EMRS in detail. We therefore investigated the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the differential diagnosis of AFS and EMRS.

methodsNinety-three patients (aged 13-75 years) with sinusitis and AFS or EMRS established according to pathological, clinical, or laboratory examinations were enrolled. Each patient was evaluated for demographic and clinical characteristics, fungal-specific immunoglobulin E, peripheral blood eosinophils, histopathology of the sinuses, as well as signal attenuation within the opacified sinuses on computed tomography and MRI scans.

resultsThirty patients presented with AFS and 63 with EMRS. The histopathological characteristics of the secretion and mucosa in the affected sinuses, but not the absolute counts or percentage of blood eosinophils, differed between the 2 groups. The presence of asthma was significantly higher in the EMRS group, whereas allergy to fungi and T2-weighted MRI signal attenuation were significantly increased in the AFS group.

conclusionsMRI features are key to the differential diagnosis of AFS and EMRS.

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Allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS)eosinophilic mucin rhinosinusitis (EMRS)magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve

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