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ArticleClinical case reports2021

Spontaneous healing in maxillary fungus ball: Beware of asymptomatic patients.

Antonio M Bulfamante, Carlotta Pipolo, Umberto D'Agostino Fiorenza, Flavio Arnone, Paolo Lozza, Giovanni Felisati, Alberto Maria Saibene

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A clinical comparative study of an outpatient treatment group and an endoscopic sinus surgery group for maxillary sinus fungus ball.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Antonio M BulfamanteOtolaryngology Unit Department of Health Sciences Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital Università degli Studi di Milano Milan Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1812-6114
Carlotta PipoloOtolaryngology Unit Department of Health Sciences Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital Università degli Studi di Milano Milan Italy.
Umberto D'Agostino FiorenzaOtolaryngology Unit Department of Health Sciences Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital Università degli Studi di Milano Milan Italy.
Flavio ArnoneOtolaryngology Unit Department of Health Sciences Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital Università degli Studi di Milano Milan Italy.
Paolo LozzaOtolaryngology Unit Department of Health Sciences Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital Università degli Studi di Milano Milan Italy.
Giovanni FelisatiOtolaryngology Unit Department of Health Sciences Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital Università degli Studi di Milano Milan Italy.
Alberto Maria SaibeneOtolaryngology Unit Department of Health Sciences Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital Università degli Studi di Milano Milan Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1457-6871
University of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Incidentally diagnosed, asymptomatic, paranasal fungus ball might occasionally undergo spontaneous healing. Accurate preoperative workup may avoid unnecessary surgical or anesthesiological procedures.

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computed tomographydental diseaseendoscopymaxillary sinusparanasal sinusrhinosinusitis

Identifiers

PMID33936605
PMCPMC8077379
OpenAlexW3112977609

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