[Pathologic findings and main aetiologies of rhinosinusal infections]

Ann Pathol. 2009 Sep;29(4):313-22. doi: 10.1016/j.annpat.2009.07.005. Epub 2009 Sep 16.
[Article in French]

Abstract

A large variety of infectious diseases may involve the rhinosinusal tract. They include bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasite infections. These infections can induce an acute and/or a chronic inflammatory reaction. They can develop both in immunocompetent or in immunodeficient patients. Clinically, the consequences of these infections are variable, but a few of them have to be rapidly diagnosed for an immediate specific treatment. This article describes the pathologic features of a variety of infectious diseases that surgical pathologists may encounter in analysis of biopsy specimens taken from the rhinosinusal tract.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Infections / complications
  • Humans
  • Mycoses / complications
  • Nose Diseases / etiology*
  • Nose Diseases / pathology*
  • Paranasal Sinus Diseases / etiology*
  • Paranasal Sinus Diseases / pathology*
  • Parasitic Diseases / complications