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ball (bawl) a more or less spherical mass. See also globus and sphere. fungus ball a tumorlike granulomatous mass formed by colonization of a fungus, usually Aspergillus, in a body cavity.
ball a more or less spherical mass. See also bolus. fungus ball aspergilloma. fungus ball Aspergilloma, mycetoma A tumor-like mass of fungi, classically from the saprobic form of Aspergillus spp, which colonizes a preexisting pulmonary cavity Radiology A solid rounded mass within a cavity, rimmed by an
'air density' crescent; surgical excision of large lesions carries a 5-10% intraoperative mortality rate and a 25-35% complication rate, but sans surgery, potentially fatal hemoptysis occurs in 50-83% DiffDx-radiology Abcesses,
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The fungus balls are brownish spheres that don't look like the white, sausage-shaped termite eggs. 1) (The fungus ball would then most likely be a secondary phenomenon resulting from altered sinus physiology. An inspissated fungus ball was found in the sphenoid sinus and removed (figure, C and D). |
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