What does AFS stand for?

Allergic Fungal Sinusitis

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If the polyposis is secondary to osteomeatal obstruction due to anatomical variants or allergic fungal sinusitis (as diagnosed on CT), endoscopic sinus surgery will result in a good long-term outcome.

Rhinosinusitis: management guidelines: rhinosinusitis is a common ...

Some of the conditions include chronic sinusitis, cystic fibrosis and allergic fungal sinusitis.

Knowing More About Sinus Cyst

The diagnosis and incidence of allergic fungal sinusitis.

Endoscopic view of maxillary fungal sinusitis

The two most common concomitant diagnoses in the study population were allergic fungal sinusitis (13.

The prevalence of Samter's triad in patients undergoing functional ...

Allergic fungal sinusitis affects immunocompetent individuals from the third to fifth decades of life.

Allergic mucin with and without fungus: a comparative ...

Major criteria for the presence of allergic fungal sinusitis include nasal polyposis, evidence of IgE-mediated hypersensitivity, eosinophilic mucus, characteristic CT findings of unilateral involvement and hyperdense areas in the affected sinus, and a positive fungal culture.

Endoscopic view of sphenoid fungal sinusitis

Pathologic Diagnosis: Allergic Fungal Sinusitis Secondary to Curvularia lunata In 1983, Katzenstein et al[1] described allergic Aspergillus sinusitis as a newly recognized form of sinusitis.

A Healthy 31-Year-Old Man With Sinusitis

Sixteen patients with a history of allergic fungal sinusitis were given fluconazole nasal spray and followed for 3 months.

Fluconazole nasal spray in the treatment of allergic fungal ...