Clinical pattern of fungal balls in the paranasal sinuses: our experience with 70 patients
- Authors
- Seo, Min Young; Lee, Seung Hoon; Ryu, Gwanghui; Hong, Sang Duk; Kim, Hyo Yeol; Dhong, Hun-Jong; Chung, Seung-Kyu
- Issue Date
- 4월-2019
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- Fungal ball; Fungal sinusitis; Clinical course; Treatment plan
- Citation
- EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY, v.276, no.4, pp.1035 - 1038
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY
- Volume
- 276
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 1035
- End Page
- 1038
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/66553
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00405-018-5258-z
- ISSN
- 0937-4477
- Abstract
- PurposeMany physicians recommend endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) even when an asymptomatic paranasal sinus (PNS) fungal ball is detected incidentally. The aim of this study was to investigate the natural behavior of PNS fungal balls via sinus imaging techniques.MethodsA follow-up study of 74 pathologically confirmed fungus balls was conducted in 70 patients who underwent multiple head and neck computed tomography (CT) scans or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We investigated the changes in symptoms and lesion size, as well as any new occurrences.ResultsOf the 74 fungus balls detected in 70 patients, we observed the renewed formation of a fungal ball in 21 patients, which was not present on initial imaging conducted over a period of 2-162 months. The fungal ball was already present in 53 patients on the initial screening, and the longest follow-up was 197 months (range 1-197 months). Of these 53 lesions, 29 lesions showed an increase in size (29/53, 54.7%), whereas 12 lesions were not associated with any clinical symptoms (12/53, 22.6%). In the 21 newly formed fungal balls, further development was observed in 10 lesions, with 4 lesions showing an increase in size. Thus, size increment occurred in 33 of the 57 fungus balls.ConclusionsThe fungal balls can exist without local tissue invasion for up to 17years and new formation of the fungal balls was observed even within 2 months, especially when accompanied by initial clinical symptoms of sinusitis.
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