Table 2. Imaging findings of allergic fungal sinusitis (N=46).
Parameter | Sinus | |||||||||||
Sphenoid | Maxillary | Frontal | Ethmoid | |||||||||
N | %t | %s | N | %t | %s | N | %t | %s | N | %t | %s | |
Involvement | 40 | 87.0 | 100.0 | 43 | 93.5 | 100.0 | 34 | 73.9 | 100.0 | 43 | 93.5 | 100.0 |
Side | ||||||||||||
Right | 11 | 23.9 | 27.5 | 10 | 21.7 | 23.3 | 5 | 10.9 | 14.7 | 7 | 15.2 | 16.3 |
Left | 7 | 15.2 | 17.5 | 10 | 21.7 | 23.3 | 9 | 19.6 | 26.5 | 11 | 23.9 | 25.6 |
Bilateral | 22 | 47.8 | 55.0 | 23 | 50.0 | 53.5 | 20 | 43.5 | 58.8 | 25 | 54.3 | 58.1 |
Mucosal thickening | 40 | 87.0 | 100.0 | 43 | 93.5 | 100.0 | 33 | 71.7 | 97.1 | 43 | 93.5 | 100.0 |
Increased intrasinus attenuation | 38 | 82.6 | 95.0 | 41 | 89.1 | 95.3 | 30 | 65.2 | 88.2 | 39 | 84.8 | 90.7 |
Complete opacification § | 34 | 73.9 | 85.0 | 34 | 73.9 | 79.1 | 29 | 63.0 | 85.3 | 32 | 69.6 | 74.4 |
Expansion | 19 | 41.3 | 47.5 | 17 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 12 | 26.1 | 35.3 | 22 | 47.8 | 51.2 |
Remodelling | 13 | 28.3 | 32.5 | 9 | 19.6 | 20.9 | 7 | 15.2 | 20.6 | 16 | 34.8 | 37.2 |
Wall thinning | 22 | 47.0 | 55.0 | 20 | 43.5 | 46.5 | 14 | 30.4 | 41.2 | 25 | 54.3 | 58.1 |
Involvement of adjacent soft tissue | 8 | 17.4 | 20.0 | 7 | 15.2 | 16.3 | 4 | 8.7 | 11.8 | 11 | 23.9 | 25.6 |