TY - JOUR
T1 - Fungus ball in the nasal cavity mimicking a rhinolith
AU - Bhandarkar, Ajay M.
AU - Kudva, Ranjini
AU - Damry, Keshwar
AU - Radhakrishnan, Balaji
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - A 63-year-old man presented to the outpatient department of our tertiary care hospital, with unilateral left nasal obstruction, foul smelling nasal discharge and occasional mild epistaxis. On examination, a hard greyish black mass was noted in the anteroinferior portion of the inferior turbinate, with extension posteriorly into the inferior meatus with surrounding unhealthy granulation tissue. Provisional diagnosis of rhinolith was surprisingly reversed by histopathology, which suggested the presence of an Aspergillus fungus ball with Actinomyces colonisation.
AB - A 63-year-old man presented to the outpatient department of our tertiary care hospital, with unilateral left nasal obstruction, foul smelling nasal discharge and occasional mild epistaxis. On examination, a hard greyish black mass was noted in the anteroinferior portion of the inferior turbinate, with extension posteriorly into the inferior meatus with surrounding unhealthy granulation tissue. Provisional diagnosis of rhinolith was surprisingly reversed by histopathology, which suggested the presence of an Aspergillus fungus ball with Actinomyces colonisation.
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U2 - 10.1136/bcr-2016-215490
DO - 10.1136/bcr-2016-215490
M3 - Article
C2 - 27353176
AN - SCOPUS:84977070657
SN - 1757-790X
VL - 2016
JO - BMJ Case Reports
JF - BMJ Case Reports
M1 - 215490
ER -