Otro
Noninvasive aspergillosis as a maxillary antrolith: report of a rare case.
Registro en:
Quintessence international (Berlin, Germany : 1985), v. 43, n. 2, p. 143-146, 2012.
1936-7163
WOS:000300114700009
2-s2.0-84862320983
Autor
Henriques, João César Guimarães
Kreich, Eliane Maria
Rosa, Rafaela Rangel
Castilho, Julio Cezar de Melo
Moraes, Luiz Cesar de
Moraes, Mari Eli Leonelli de
Resumen
Maxillary 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.