Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS: The cross-sectional longitudinal study was conducted at a tertiary healthcare centre in Karachi, Pakistan, from December 2016 to November 2018, and comprised patients with sinonasal polyposis undergoing surgery. The patients were categorised as having allergic fungal sinusitis when histopathology showed allergic mucin with fungal hyphae and culture was positive for fungal growth. Lund-Mackay scoring of each patient was noted and mean scores of allergic fungal sinusitis and non- allergic fungal sinusitis patients were compared. Data was analysed using SPSS 25. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Rahim Dhanani, Shayan Khalid Ghaloo, Basit Salam, Hamdan Ahmed Pasha, Farah Hafiz Yousuf, Mubasher Ikram |
Journal | JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
(J Pak Med Assoc)
Vol. 71
Issue 6
Pg. 1605-1607
(Jun 2021)
ISSN: 0030-9982 [Print] Pakistan |
PMID | 34111081
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Chronic Disease
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Female
- Humans
- Longitudinal Studies
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Nasal Polyps
(complications, epidemiology)
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
- Pakistan
(epidemiology)
- Prevalence
- Rhinitis
- Sinusitis
(complications, epidemiology)
- Young Adult
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