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Fungal ball in concha bullosa as incidentaloma: A case report and the review of the literature |
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| Authors: | Antonella Spatola Michele Aspromonte Maria Adele Marino Sebastiano Maria Miano Annamaria Zagaria Bruno Galletti Alfredo Blandino Giorgio Ascenti Carmelo Sofia |
| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Morphologic and Func&onal Imaging, Sec & on of Radiological Sciences, University of Messina, Policlinico "G. Mar&no" Via Consolare Valeria 1, Messina 98100, Italy;bDepartment of Adult and Development Age Human Pathology “Gaetano Barresi”, Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Messina, Policlinico "G. Mar&no" Via Consolare Valeria 1, Messina 98100, Italy |
| Abstract: | Concha bullosa is an anatomic variant consisting in an enlargement and pneumatization of the middle nasal turbinate. A fungal ball (FB) localized in this structure is an extremely rare disease. This article describes the unusual case of a young patient with an asymptomatic fungal mass in the concha bullosa, incidentally discovered at computed tomography (CT) scan of the head, which was performed after trauma. |
| Keywords: | Concha bullosa Fungal ball Incidentaloma Computed Tomography Pediatrics |