KUMJ | VOL. 6 | NO. 2 | ISSUE 22 | APRIL-JUNE, 2008

Allergic fungal sinusitis
Mallick S, Sharma V, Lavania A, Borgohain B

Allergic Fungal Sinusitis (AFS) is believed to be an allergic reaction of the sinus mucosa to environmental fungi that is fi nely dispersed into the air. We present a 23 year old man who presented to us with a unilateral nasal mass with foul smelling discharge and headache. Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) was performed. Microbiology and histopathological examination of the mass confi rmed it to be a case of AFS.