Nasal polyposis: prevalence of positive food and inhalant skin tests.

Objectives: To investigate the etiology of nasal polyps and its relationship to allergy. The prevalence of positive food and inhalant skin tests in patients with nasal polyps and nonatopic controls was compared.

Study Design And Setting: Prospective controlled study in tertiary referral rhinology clinic.

Effect of using multiple culture media for the diagnosis of noninvasive fungal sinusitis.

Background: This study was designed to assess the relative efficiency of three different culture media for isolating fungi in patients suspected of having noninvasive fungal sinusitis.

Methods: A prospective study was performed of 209 operative samples of sinus "fungal-like" mucin from 134 patients on 171 occasions and processed for microscopy and fungal culture in Sabouraud's dextrose agar, potato dextrose agar, and broth media.

Results: Ninety-three (69%) of 134 patients had evidence of fungal infection.

Prevalence of noninvasive fungal sinusitis in South Australia.

Background: The aim of this study was to document the prevalence of noninvasive fungal sinusitis in patients with chronic sinusitis and thick viscous secretions in South Australia.

Methods: We studied of 349 patients with chronic rhinosinusitis undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery in a specialized rhinology practice. Patients with nasal polyposis and thick fungal-like sinus mucin had operative samples sent for microscopy and fungal culture.

Postural stability of preoperative acoustic neuroma patients assessed by sway magnetometry: are they unsteady?

Objective: The objective was to evaluate the preoperative postural stability of acoustic neuroma patients using sway magnetometry.

Study Design: Prospective two-center study.

Methods: Fifty-one patients (mean age, 53 years) diagnosed with unilateral acoustic neuroma on magnetic resonance imaging at two tertiary referral centers were studied.