Aspergillosis of the nose and paranasal sinuses

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Aspergillosis of the nose and paranasal sinuses should not be considered an innocuous disease. In a review of 103 cases, other than in the Sudan, the mortality rate was 16 per cent. Intracranial extension of the fungus from the nose and sinuses carries a grave prognosis. Although aspergillosis occurs frequently in patients debilitated from other diseases, this is not always the case, and most deaths in the review series occurred in otherwise healthy individuals. The authors present eight cases of their own.

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    Professor, Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Virginia Medical Center, Clinical Staff, University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia.

    Chief Resident, Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Virginia Medical Center, Clinical Staff, University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia.

    Associate professor, Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Virginia Medical Center. Clinical Staff, University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia.

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    Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Virginia Medical Center. Clinical Staff, University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia.

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia. Clinical Staff, Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia.

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