A Case of Allergic Mucin Sphenoiditis without Fungus

Kim, Ic Tae; Song, Sang Yoon; Chang, Ki Hyun; Song, Byung Ho; Park, Hye Rim

Case Report

Journal of Rhinology 2000;7(2):154-156.
Published online November 30, 2000.

A Case of Allergic Mucin Sphenoiditis without Fungus

Ic Tae Kim, Sang Yoon Song, Ki Hyun Chang, Byung Ho Song, Hye Rim Park

¹Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea. Itkim@hallym.or.kr
²Pathology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chunchon, Korea.

Abstract

Allergic fungal sinusitis is characterized by eosinophilic allergic mucin with fungal hyphae in histopathologic aspect. "Allergic mucin sinusitis without fungus" or "Allergic fungal sinusitis-like syndrome" is a new term used to describe patients who have clinical and histopathologic features of allergic fungal sinusitis but fail to demonstrate fungi in histopathologic sections or cultures of sinus tissue. In this study, we report on a case of allergic mucin sinusitis which involved only sphenoid sinus of the left side in a 31 year old female.

Key Words: Allergic mucin sinusitis