An estimated 5-15% incidence of CRS is caused by
allergic fungal rhinosinusitis, and the prevalence of other classifications of chronic fungal rhinosinusitis is still unclear.
Effectiveness of itraconazole in the management of refractory
allergic fungal rhinosinusitis. J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.
The patients with
allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS) are the exception.
According to Dr Omar El Banhawy, Professor in ENT, El-Menoufiya University, Egypt, and visiting Professor at Ministry of Health in Riyadh Hospitals, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, “The overall incidence of
allergic fungal rhinosinusitis is estimated to be 5—10% of all the cases of sinus disease undergoing surgery.
Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS) is a noninvasive fungal sinusitis that encompasses just one arm of a wide spectrum of fungal sinus disease.
These findings are much more suggestive of classic
allergic fungal rhinosinusitis. (2) Furthermore, the authors do not elucidate an etiology for the purported mucocele, implying that this would be an idiopathic or spontaneous process.
Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis shows characteristic findings on CT scan.
Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis: Surgical management.
Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis: current theories and management strategies.
The introduction of the concept of
allergic fungal rhinosinusitis and the publication of recent studies showing a high incidence of fungal matter in histologic specimens taken from patients with chronic rhinosinusitis have led to a good deal of debate lately.
Two are noninvasive:
allergic fungal rhinosinusitis and fungus ball (mycetoma).
Computed tomography (CT) revealed that she had an extensive invasive
allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (figure 1).