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Concomitant presentation of Mucormycosis with Allergic fungal sinusitis

MANJU DEENA MAMMEN

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The simultaneous occurrence of invasive and  non-invasive fungal sinusitis (mixed fungal sinusitis) is   uncommon but its diagnosis has an implication on initiating appropriate therapy and thereby achieving a good outcome. We describe the clinical, radiological, histopathological and mycological features along with the treatment strategies  followed in a patient with allergic fungal sinusitis on one side and acute invasive fungal sinusitis on the other.

 


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