Abstract

Fungal sinusitis, with passage of time, has become one of the common entities among a long list of inflammatory diseases involving mucosa of the sinonasal tract [1]. By definition, AFS is a collection of cellular debris and mucus in result of an allergic response to fungal colonization in sinus mucosa [2]. The patients are young, atopic with good immunity suffering from nasal blockage, congestion, nasal discharge (purulent or watery), anosmia or headache for several years [1]. On clinical examination nasal polyps are seen [3,4]. The causative organisms are vastly from species of Aspergillus but dermatiaceous fungi are also seen such as Bipolaris, Alternaria, Curvularia and Fusarium [5].

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