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ArticleJournal of rhinology : official journal of the Korean Rhinologic Society2022

Clinical Characteristics According to the Radiological Classifications of Maxillary Sinus Fungus Ball.

Dong-Hyun Kim, Jung-Hun Kown, Hyung-Bon Koo, Jae-Hoon Lee

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Article in Journal of rhinology : official journal of the Korean Rhinologic Society, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Dong-Hyun KimDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-0439-7012
Jung-Hun KownDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-8043-5404
Hyung-Bon KooDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-1342-9450
Jae-Hoon LeeDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-0856-8173

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Abstract

Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to classify radiological findings of patients diagnosed with maxillary sinus fungus ball and to analyze the differences in surgical approach methods and postoperative results. Methods: As a retrospective study, we reviewed the medical records of 221 patients (unilateral in 216: bilateral in 5). Results: On computed tomography (CT), 49% of the lesions had an irregular surface or a protruding part. There was a significant difference in surgical approach according to pneumatization of the maxillary sinus when middle meatal antrostomy (MMA) was performed alone or combined with MMA and inferior meatal antrostomy (IMA) (p=0.042). Extension of a maxillary sinus lesion caused by fungus ball was not associated with stenosis of the MMA (p=0.328). Conclusion: Diagnosis of maxillary sinus fungus on CT was associated with irregular lesion surface or a protruding calcification. In patients with fungus ball of the maxillary sinus, the more severe is the maxillary sinus pneumatization, the larger is the extent of IMA needed.

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AntrostomyFungus ballInferior meatusMaxillary sinusRadiology

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