Clinical features of chronic fungal rhinosinusitis in Korean geriatric and non-geriatric patients.

Cheol Hyo KuHa Neul LeeSang Man ParkHyun Su LeeJae Woo LeeSe Hwa HongDong-Joon ParkEun Jung Lee

Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2023)

Based on greater sphenoidal sinus involvement, a deeper anatomical area is more vulnerable to fungal infection in the geriatric group than in the non-geriatric group. Increasing clinicians' awareness of CFRS in geriatric patients with olfactory dysfunction, including phantosmia and parosmia, is important for early intervention.

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