Table 1.

Brief review of historical landmarks

1729	Aspergillus species first named by Italian biologist Pier Antonio Micheli
1791	Plaignaud gave first description of fungal sinusitis
1893	First citation of aspergillus infection given by Mackenzie
1885	Schubert reported more specific diagnosis of nasal and paranasal aspergillosis with account of a noninvasive aspergillosis of paranasal sinus
1897	First well documented case of invasive aspergillosis was reported by Oppe in 1897
1955	Harris reported first survivor of Mucormycis
1965	Hora discussed the primary aspergillosis of the paranasal sinuses and classified sinus mycosis into two invasive and noninvasive
1980	Mc Gill reported 4 cases of fulminant aspergillosis of the nose and paranasal sinuses as a new clinical entity in individuals with depressed immunological responses. This variant was characterized by rapid malignant course, requiring early recognition, aggressive surgery and chemotherapy
1983	Kazenstein et al. observed the patho-physiological resemblance between Allergic broncho pulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) and seven cases of chronic fungal sinusitis leading to identification of allergic aspergillosis of the maxillary sinus as a separate entity
1997	de-Shazo and colleagues published new classification for invasive and noninvasive fungal sinusitis
2009	The working group on Fungal sinusitis under International Society for Human and Animal Mycology proposed the classification widely used today