Paquot-Rodríguez J, Horcasitas-Pous RA, Ramos-Martínez E

Language: Spanish
References: 8
Page: 276-281
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ABSTRACT

Over the last two decades the reports of allergic fungal rhinosinusitis in children have increased, historically mistaken for a paranasal sinus tumor. Today allergic fungal rhinosinusitis is thought to be an allergic reaction to aerolized, environmental fungi, usually in an inmunocompetent host. Presentation in pediatric patients is different from that in adults, with children having obvious abnormalities of their facial skeleton.

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