Review Article
Invasive Fungal Rhinosinusitis in Pediatric Populations; a Tertiary Hospital Experience
Ali A Al Momen1*, Mohammed R Al Eid2, Eman Almomen3, Abdullah Alshakhs4, Hassan Almomen5 and Mohammed Al Saeed6
1Consultant Rhinology & Skull base surgery, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2ENT trainee resident, Saudi ORL program, Eastern Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
3Radiology Consultant, Dammam medical complex, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
4Medical intern, King Faisal University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
5Clinical pathology Consultant, Dammam Regional laboratory and Blood Bank Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
6Sixth year medical student, AlBaha University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ali Almomen, Consultant Rhinology & skull base surgery, King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Received Date: January 14, 2020; Published Date: January 21, 2020
Abstract
Fungal infection is a well-known and a common cause of sinusitis. Fungal sinusitis is classified into two main categories based on histopathological invasion as: invasive and non-invasive, the invasive form includes acute, chronic, and chronic granulomatous, while the non-invasive include: fungal ball, saprophytic fungal infestation, eosinophilic fungal sinusitis and allergic fungal sinusitis. Usually, Invasive fungal sinusitis is encountered in immunocompromised patients. However, there are many reports which have described these cases with immunocompetent individuals. The purpose of this review article is to summarize our long experience with pediatric patients diagnosed with invasive fungal sinusitis managed at a tertiary referral hospital at King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, KSA and discuss the management and determine the variables that impact the outcome.
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Ali A Al Momen, Mohammed R Al Eid, Eman Almomen, Abdullah Alshakhs, Hassan Almomen, et al. Invasive Fungal Rhinosinusitis in Pediatric Populations; a Tertiary Hospital Experience. On J Otolaryngol & Rhinol. 2(1): 2020. OJOR.MS.ID.000529.