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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery > Volume 32(4); 1989 > Article
Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1989;32(4): 681-4.
Clinical Analysis of Maxillary Phycomycosis
Sung Woon Park, MD, Pyong Ju Kim, MD, Soon Jae Hwang, MD, and Kwang Chol Choo, MD
Department of Otolaryngology, Kuro Hospital, Korea University, Korea
상악동에 국한된 조균증의 임상적 고찰
박성우 · 김평주 · 황순재 · 추광철
고려대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실
ABSTRACT

Increasing incidence of phycomycosis, once a relatively rare fungal disease, is related to the wide spread use of antibiotics, steroids, and immunosuppressive agents etc. are the offending organisms. Although the fatal cases are more likely to occur in chronically debilitated patients with diabetes, leukemia, users of immunosuppressive agents, or with chronic renal diseases, phycomycosis is possible to occur in otherwise normal persons. Only 3 nationally reported nonfatal cases of phycomycosis are not sufficient enough to generate interest among practitioners. Since the early nasal symptoms are evident in over 40% of phycomycosis it must be differentiated from chronic maxillary sinusitis and craniofacial disease despite the great difficulty in diagnosis. The authors are making the report on 4 cases of phycomycosis experienced by our department between June 1984 and April 1988. 

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