The role of CT scan and histopathology in diagnosis of allergic fungal sinusitis

Abstract

Allergic fungal sinusitis is the disease with emerging incidence in last decade. The diagnosis of AFS requires a combination of clinical, radiographic, microbiological and histopathological information. CT scan findings in AFS are considered important in preoperative diagnosis but definitive diagnosis requires histological verification. The role of CT scan as the preoperative diagnostic modality in AFS has been analyzed in 50 patients in a prospective study conducted at our institute and results have been very assuring. This article will surely satisfy many inquisitive minds about the speculations regarding the diagnosis of AFS.