A Case of Fungus Ball-Type Pansinusitis Due to Fusarium proliferatum

Mycopathologia. 2015 Oct;180(3-4):251-5. doi: 10.1007/s11046-015-9906-1. Epub 2015 May 30.

Abstract

Incidence of fungal sinusitis due to the genus Fusarium has increased during the last two decades. We report a case of fungus ball sinusitis with multiple sinuses involvement in an Iranian 21-year-old woman. The patient was diagnosed as having a fungus ball-type sinusitis in computed tomography scan. The sinus biopsy revealed fungal structures on histopathological and direct microscopic examinations and a Fusarium species arose in culture. Partial sequencing of the translation elongation factor 1-alpha identified the isolate as F. proliferatum. Removal of all lesions by endoscopic surgery resulted in a favorable outcome. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of F. proliferatum-associated fungus ball which involved multi-sinus and highlights the efficiency of molecular methods for discrimination of fungal agents involved.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Endoscopy
  • Female
  • Fusariosis / diagnosis*
  • Fusariosis / microbiology
  • Fusariosis / pathology*
  • Fusariosis / surgery
  • Fusarium / isolation & purification*
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Iran
  • Microbiological Techniques
  • Microscopy
  • Paranasal Sinuses / diagnostic imaging
  • Paranasal Sinuses / pathology
  • Sinusitis / diagnosis*
  • Sinusitis / microbiology
  • Sinusitis / pathology*
  • Sinusitis / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult