ASPERGILLOSIS IN NOSE AND PARANASAL SINUSES ALONG WITH NASAL POLYPOSIS.

Abstract

Objective: To calculate the occurrence of aspergillosis in nose and sinuses in patients presenting along nasal polyps at tertiary care hospital. Methods: Cross sectional, descriptive Conducted at department of Otorhinolaryngology, Liaquat university hospital Hyderabad from January 2019 to June 2020 where 137 patients with nasal polyposis were studied. All relevant information was recorded in a proforma. The data recorded & analyzed on SPSS-20 version. Results: Out of 137 patient (81 males & 56 Females), 101 (73.72%) were positive fungal stain, Asprgillosis in 85 (84.15%) out of 101 cases, 53 (52.47%) were male and 48 (47.52%) were female while other 16 fungal stain had Rhizopus, Blastomyces, trichphytosis and mucor in four (4%) each. The mean age was 33.6 years ± 13.47, youngest was 7 year old girl and oldest was 75 year old man in the patients presented with nasal polyposis. 16 (11.67%) patients had intra cranial and intra orbital extension and 04 (2.9%) patients had intra orbital extension alone. Commonly presenting complaints were Nasal obstruction, post nasal drip, hyposmia / anosmia, Facial pain and headache. Conclusion: Fungal rhinosinusitis is a.n usual entity in young individuals. Mostly patient having nasal obstruction and post nasal drip. Most common fungal organism in these patients is found aspergillosis.