A fungal ball, or mycetoma, may form in any of the paranasal sinuses, causing inflammation and nasal obstruction. A fungal ball has a characteristic appearance on CT scan as well as MRI. In this procedure, rhinologists (sinus surgeons) use an endoscope, or small camera in the nose to access the sphenoid sinus and remove a fungal ball/mycetoma.
Satish Govindaraj, MD Chief of Rhinology; Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Mount Sinai Health System| Associate Professor, Otolaryngology, and Neurosurgery Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Daniel Alicea Delgado, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Mount Sinai Health System
Anthony Del Signore, MD, PharmD Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology Mount Sinai Health System Director of Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Mount Sinai Union Square
Alfred M.C. Iloreta, Jr., MD Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology, Neurosurgery The Mount Sinai Hospital New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West
Madeleine R. Schaberg, MD Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology Mount Sinai Health System Director, Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
Calvin Wei, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Mount Sinai Health System
Zachary G. Schwam, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Division of Otology-Neurotology, Lateral Skull Base Surgery Mount Sinai Health System