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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2025

Endoscopic management to different isolated maxillary fungal pathologies: case series of a tertiary hospital.

Maria Alabdulaal, Zahraa Almuhanna, Moath Alfaleh, Ghadeer Bu Saeed, Abdullah Alsaid, Ali Almomen

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Maria AlabdulaalCollege of Medicine, Arabian Gulf University, Manama 1000, Bahrain.
Zahraa AlmuhannaDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar 34445, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8472-0264
Moath AlfalehDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Dammam 32253, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9090-1886
Ghadeer Bu SaeedCollege of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah AlsaidKing Khalid Hospital, Hail 55421, Saudi Arabia.
Ali AlmomenDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Dammam 32253, Saudi Arabia.

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Abstract

Isolated maxillary fungal pathologies involve a variety of clinical entities. These include invasive and non-invasive variants, where each has a unique pathogenesis, clinical manifestation, and approach for management. The aim of this case series is to investigate the several ways that fungal infections of the maxillary sinus might present, with the approach to diagnose and manage these conditions. Several discrete maxillary fungal diseases were studied, including fungal ball, acute fulminant invasive fungal sinusitis, allergic fungal sinusitis, and chronic invasive fungal sinusitis at a hospital. For every condition, several treatment options, clinical manifestations, and diagnostic strategies were investigated, which are greatly influenced by the degree of invasiveness as well as the patient's immunological status. Optimizing patient outcomes, especially in more aggressive types of the disease, requires an early and proper diagnosis. Understanding the various symptoms of these fungal infections is critical for a timely management.

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case seriesendoscopic sinus surgeryfungal sinusitisisolated maxillary sinusitis

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PMID39867983
PMCPMC11757163

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