CASE
HISTORY / CLINIC:
Patient with impaired nasal breathing affecting both nostrils.
The nasal endoscopy revealed a hyalinous swollen mucous membrane in the middle
nasal meatus. No other pathological findings were found. Occasional pressure
pain over the right maxillary sinus.
FINDINGS:
Hypodense
filling occupying almost the whole right
maxillary sinus, a large
calcification is demonstrated in the hypodense opacity. The other sinuses
demonstrated are clear. Deviation
of the septum
to the left. Hyperplasia
of the nasal concha.
DIAGNOSIS:
Fungal sinusitis of the right maxillary sinus.
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS:
Ridght-sided maxillary sinusitis of a different origin.
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