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Symptomatic perineural extension of fungal sinusitis in an immunocompetent person: imaging features

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Singapore Med J 2008; 49(7): e171-e174
Symptomatic perineural extension of fungal sinusitis in an immunocompetent person: imaging features

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Kandpal H, Aneesh MK, Seith A, Sharma S
Correspondence: Dr Sanjay Sharma, drssharma@hotmail.com

ABSTRACT
Perineural spread is a rare mode of spread for fungal infection, even more so in immunocompetent individuals. We report a 21-year-old immunocompetent man in which symptomatic perineural extension of aspergillosis along the maxillary division of trigeminal nerve was accurately diagnosed on imaging.

Keywords: aspergillosis, computed tomography, fungal sinusitis, magnetic resonance imaging,  perineural spread, trigeminal nerve
Singapore Med J 2008; 49(7): e171-e174

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