Preferred Label : Allergic aspergillus rhinosinusitis;
ICD-11 definition : Allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) is a noninvasive form of highly recurrent chronic
allergic hypertrophic rhinosinusitis, with nasal polyps and occasionally proptosis.
It shows the presence of eosinophilic-lymphocytic sinus mucosal inflammation, extramucosal
allergic mucin and scattered silver stain positive fungal hyphae within the allergic
mucin but not in the mucosa.;
ICD-11 synonym : Allergic Aspergillus sinusitis; Allergic fungal sinusitis;
Origin ID : 1350266891;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Validated automatic mappings to NTBT
Allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) is a noninvasive form of highly recurrent chronic
allergic hypertrophic rhinosinusitis, with nasal polyps and occasionally proptosis.
It shows the presence of eosinophilic-lymphocytic sinus mucosal inflammation, extramucosal
allergic mucin and scattered silver stain positive fungal hyphae within the allergic
mucin but not in the mucosa.
