Fungal nasopharyngitis masquerading as nasopharyngeal mass in an immunocompetent patient: a case report

Authors

  • P. Karthikeyan Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute Pondicherry, India
  • Nikhil Sivanand Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute Pondicherry, India
  • Neelima Vijayan Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute Pondicherry, India
  • Vishnu Kumar Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute Pondicherry, India
  • Nanditha Srinivasa Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute Pondicherry, India
  • Vignesh Raghavan Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute Pondicherry, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/issn.2454-5929.ijohns20193893

Keywords:

Nasopharyngeal, Candidiasis, Endoscopic debridement, Fluconazole

Abstract

Isolated nasopharyngeal candidiasis in an immunocompetent host, has not been reported in literature. This is a case of a 48 year old lady with no comorbidities who presented with a mass in the nasopharynx mimicking nasopharyngeal malignancy. Endoscopic debridement and biopsy revealed necrotic tissue with fungal ball composed of filamentous hyphae suggestive of aspergillus and budding yeast form of Candida. A diagnosis of fungal nasopharyngitis was made and started on antifungal therapy for 6 weeks following which patient is relieved of symptoms.

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Published

2019-08-27