FUNGAL SINUSITIS

Course overview

THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES OF FUNGAL SINUSITIS. THE CLASSIFICATION DEPENDS ON THE DEGREE OF INVASION OF THE SINUSES. THE OVERARCHING CATEGORIES ARE NON-INVASIVE AND INVASIVE FUNGAL SINUSITIS. THERE ARE THREE SUBTYPES OF NON-INVASIVE FUNGAL SINUSITIS (FS): FUNGAL BALL (FB), SAPROPHYTIC FUNGAL SINUSITIS (SFS), AND ALLERGIC FUNGAL RHINOSINUSITIS (AFRS). SIMILARLY, THERE ARE THREE SUBTYPES OF INVASIVE FUNGAL SINUSITIS (IFS): ACUTE INVASIVE RHINOSINUSITIS (AIRS), CHRONIC INVASIVE RHINOSINUSITIS (CIRS), AND GRANULOMATOUS INVASIVE SINUSITIS (GIFS). TO ACCURATELY DIAGNOSE FUNGAL SINUSITIS, A PHYSICIAN MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SEVERAL VARIABLES, INCLUDING PATIENT HISTORY AND CLINICAL PRESENTATION, IMAGING, ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY WITH HISTOPATHOLOGY, AND LAB WORK. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF FUNGAL SINUSITIS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE HEALTHCARE TEAM IN EVALUATING AND TREATING PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.