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ArticleCureus2025

Headache Secondary to Sphenoid Sinus Fungal Mycetoma.

Mohd Iqbal Mohd Ayob, Farah Dayana Zahedi, Mohd Zambri Ibrahim

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Article in Cureus, 2025. 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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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Mohd Iqbal Mohd AyobDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, MYS.
Farah Dayana ZahediDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, MYS.
Mohd Zambri IbrahimDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Tuanku Fauziah, Kangar, MYS.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sphenoid sinus fungal ball is a rare occurrence. To diagnose isolated sphenoid sinus fungal ball pathology accurately and promptly, a high index of clinical suspicion, routine office nasal endoscopy, and radiological imaging are essential. In this case report, we discuss a woman in her 60s who presented with chronic generalized headache. Incidental findings of computed tomography of the brain revealed a lesion in the sphenoid sinus, which was later diagnosed and treated as a fungal mycetoma.

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fungalfungal ballheadachemycetomasphenoid sinus

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PMID40151722
PMCPMC11946929

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