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Volume 31, Number 2—February 2025
Dispatch

Bjerkandera adusta Fungi as Causative Agent of Invasive Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Yuhei Kurata, Yoshifumi KimizukaComments to Author , Takashi Yaguchi, Kanshu Ito, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Yusuke Serizawa, Akira Kamiya, Takaaki Hamamoto, Taishi Sakima, Tomomi Tanigaki, Hiromi Edo, Yu Hongo, Akira Watanabe, Kazushi Suzuki, Terushige Toyooka, and Akihiko Kawana
Author affiliation: Author affiliations: National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan (Y. Kurata, Y. Kimizuka, K. Ito, T. Yamamoto, Y. Serizawa, T. Sakima, T. Tanigaki, H. Edo, Y. Hongo, K. Suzuki, T. Toyooka, A. Kawana); Chiba University, Chiba, Japan (T. Yaguchi, A. Watanabe); National Defense Medical College Hospital, Saitama (A. Kamiya, T. Hamamoto)

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Figure 1

Chronological changes in lesions observed on contrast-enhanced fat-suppressed T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging at the nasopharyngeal level in a patient in Japan with invasive chronic rhinosinusitis caused by Bjerkandera adusta fungi. A) Initial visit. Enhancement effects observed in the right nasopharynx, including the right torus tubarius and right prevertebral space (white arrows). B) Three months after the initial visit. Expansion of the enhancing lesion is seen, with enhancement extending to the left peritubal region (white arrowhead) and prevertebral space (white arrow). C) One year after the initial visit. The abnormal enhancement previously observed around both the torus tubarius and prevertebral space has regressed.

Figure 1. Chronological changes in lesions observed on contrast-enhanced fat-suppressed T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging at the nasopharyngeal level in a patient in Japan with invasive chronic rhinosinusitis caused by Bjerkandera adusta fungi. A) Initial visit. Enhancement effects observed in the right nasopharynx, including the right torus tubarius and right prevertebral space (white arrows). B) Three months after the initial visit. Expansion of the enhancing lesion is seen, with enhancement extending to the left peritubal region (white arrowhead) and prevertebral space (white arrow). C) One year after the initial visit. The abnormal enhancement previously observed around both the torus tubarius and prevertebral space has regressed.

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