Noninvasive aspergillosis as a maxillary antrolith: report of a rare case.

dc.contributor.authorHenriques, João César Guimarães
dc.contributor.authorKreich, Eliane Maria
dc.contributor.authorRosa, Rafaela Rangel
dc.contributor.authorCastilho, Julio Cezar de Melo [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMoraes, Luiz Cesar de [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMoraes, Mari Eli Leonelli de [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:26:23Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:26:23Z
dc.date.issued2012-02-01
dc.description.abstractMaxillary antrolithiasis is characterized by masses of tissue of endogenous or exogenous origin that calcify within the maxillary sinuses. Aspergillosis is a fungal disease in which the maxillary sinus is a primary site of infection. Aspergillosis mycetoma, its noninvasive form, is the most prevalent modality of the disease in the maxillary sinuses. In approximately half of the cases reported in the literature, calcification of the fungal mycelia, which later became antroliths, was verified. This article reports a rare case of the accidental discovery of a maxillary antrolith associated with noninvasive aspergillosis in an immunocompetent and asymptomatic 56-year-old woman. The diagnosis and therapeutic procedures used in treating the patient are discussed as well as the probable iatrogenic origin of the fungal pathology.en
dc.format.extent143-146
dc.identifierhttp://www.quintpub.com/journals/qi/abstract.php?iss2_id=1012&article_id=11728
dc.identifier.citationQuintessence international (Berlin, Germany : 1985), v. 43, n. 2, p. 143-146, 2012.
dc.identifier.issn1936-7163
dc.identifier.lattes9300670753766517
dc.identifier.lattes0450226572005125
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84862320983
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/73184
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000300114700009
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofQuintessence international (Berlin, Germany : 1985)
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dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectaspergillosis
dc.subjectasymptomatic disease
dc.subjectcase report
dc.subjectcomputer assisted tomography
dc.subjectdifferential diagnosis
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjectforeign body
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectincidental finding
dc.subjectmaxilla tumor
dc.subjectmaxillary sinus
dc.subjectmicrobiology
dc.subjectmiddle aged
dc.subjectmycetoma
dc.subjectodontogenic tumor
dc.subjectpanoramic radiography
dc.subjectparanasal sinus disease
dc.subjectradiography
dc.subjectstone formation
dc.subjecttooth root
dc.subjectAspergillosis
dc.subjectAsymptomatic Diseases
dc.subjectDiagnosis, Differential
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectForeign Bodies
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectIncidental Findings
dc.subjectLithiasis
dc.subjectMaxillary Neoplasms
dc.subjectMaxillary Sinus
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectMycetoma
dc.subjectOdontoma
dc.subjectParanasal Sinus Diseases
dc.subjectRadiography, Panoramic
dc.subjectTomography, X-Ray Computed
dc.subjectTooth Root
dc.titleNoninvasive aspergillosis as a maxillary antrolith: report of a rare case.en
dc.typeArtigo
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unesp.author.lattes9300670753766517
unesp.author.lattes0450226572005125
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia, São José dos Campospt

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