RESEARCH ON THE CLINICAL, SUBCLINICAL FEATURES OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC FUNGAL RHINOSINUSITIS IN CAN THO CITY IN 2020 – 2022

Phuong Vy Nguyen1,, Trieu Viet Nguyen1, Chanh Thi Lam1
1 Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Main Article Content

Abstract

Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is one of the most common diseases in the field of otorhinolaryngology within our country and abroad. CRS affects severely the patient’s health and costs a lot of money for treating. There are many causes of chronic rhinosinusitis, in which the prevalence of the chronic fungal rhinosinusitis has been increasing in recent decades. Objectives: To describe the clinical, subclinical features of chronic fungal rhinosinusitis in Can Tho city from 2020 to 2022. Materials and methods: 48 patients were diagnosed with chronic fungal rhinosinusitis. They were treated by endoscopic sinus surgery at Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital and Can Tho ENT Hospital from March 2020 to January 2022. The method study was a descriptive and prospective study combined with clinical intervention. Results: The rates of clinical symptoms are nasal discharge (97.9%), cephalon-facial pain (72.9%), unilateral nasal obstruction (25%) and hyposmia (14.6%). Endoscopic features include: Mucopurulent discharge from the middle meatus accounting 52.1%, mucopurulent discharge from superior meatus accounting 6.3%. Computed tomography images: Blurred the unilateral maxillary sinus accounting 79.2%. The fungal agents were determined to be Candida accounting 95.8%, Aspergillus accounting 2.1%, both of them (2.1%). Conclusions: Chronic fungal rhinosinusitis in Can Tho city is mainly caused by Candida sp with predominant clinical symtoms such as: Nasal discharge and facial pain.   

Article Details

References

1. Mai Quang Hoàn, Lê Nguyễn Uyên Chi (2018), Khảo sát đặc điểm lâm sàng, cận lâm sàng và điều trị viêm mũi xoang do nấm tại bệnh viện Chợ Rẫy từ tháng 7/2017 đến tháng 5/2018, Luận văn thạc sĩ y học, Đại học Y Dược Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
2. Lê Minh Tâm, Phạm Kiên Hữu, Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Dung (2008), Mối liên quan giữa lâm sàng, CT scan, giải phẫu bệnh, PCR trong viêm xoang do nấm, Tạp chí Y học TPHCM, số 13(1), tr.181-184. 3. Trần Minh Trường (2009), Nghiên cứu tần suất, các biểu hiện lâm sàng và kết quả điều trị viêm mũi xoang do nấm trong thời gian từ 2003 – 2008 tại Khoa Tai Mũi Họng Bệnh viện Chợ Rẫy, Tạp chí Y học TPHCM, số 13, tr.5 – 8.
4. Elif Dincer, Mustafa Yazir (2018), Paranasal Sinus Fungus Ball: Retrospective Analysis of 37 Patients, Eroupean Journal of Rhinology and Allergy, 1(3), pp.70 - 72.
5. Joshi RR, Khanal B, Singh RK (2007), Fungal Maxillary sinusitis: Aprospective study in a tertiary care hospital of eastern Nepal, Kathmandu University Medical Journal, 5(18), pp.195 198.
6. Joshua Whittaker, Peter George Deutsch, Shashi Prasad (2019), Invasive and Non-Invasive Fungal Rhinosinusitis - A Review and Update of the Evidence, Medicina (Kaunas), 55(7), pp.319.
7. Sandeep Shetty, Shilpa Chandrashekar, Nitish Aggarwal (2019), Study on the Prevalence and Clinical Features of fungal sinusitis in chronic rhinosinusitis, India J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 72(1), pp.117 – 122.
8. Wytske J. Fokkens, et al. (2020), European position paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps, Rhinology International Journal, volume 58, pp.1.