RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.
Evaluation and treatment of allergic fungal sinusitis. II. Treatment and follow-up.
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 1998 September
BACKGROUND: Previous allergic fungal sinusitis case reports have speculated that oral corticosteroids might reduce the severity of disease and possibly forestall the high rate of recurrent sinus surgery.
OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to comprehensively review 67 consecutive cases of allergic fungal sinusitis for their response to treatment and the utility of monitoring patient serologies during clinical follow-up.
METHODS: Allergic fungal sinusitis cases from a private practice were evaluated and treated with consistent diagnostic criteria and treatment paradigms. An 8-year retrospective review of serologic parameters and clinical response to treatment with or without oral corticosteroids is described.
RESULTS: The total serum IgE was found to correlate with the clinical rhinosinusitis severity (P = .0002). The fungal-specific IgG also correlated with clinical rhinosinusitis severity but less rigorously (P = .004). An increase of 10% or more in total serum IgE during follow-up was found to have significant predictive value for recurrent surgical intervention, with a sensitivity of 79%, specificity of 77%, positive predictive value of 48%, and negative predictive value of 93% (P < .0001). With the use of a modified corticosteroid treatment regimen adapted from allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, as little as 2 months of oral corticosteroids after surgery provided significant clinical improvement for up to 12 months (P < .0001), although patients taking 12 months of treatment fared the best clinically (P = .03). By survival analysis, oral corticosteroids prolonged the time between subsequent sinus surgeries (P = .01) in this highly recurrent disease. No significant side effects of oral corticosteroids were observed during treatment with this dosing regimen.
CONCLUSIONS: Postoperative oral corticosteroids appear to be an effective treatment option for allergic fungal sinusitis, and monitoring of total serum IgE can be helpful in the clinical follow-up of these patients.
OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to comprehensively review 67 consecutive cases of allergic fungal sinusitis for their response to treatment and the utility of monitoring patient serologies during clinical follow-up.
METHODS: Allergic fungal sinusitis cases from a private practice were evaluated and treated with consistent diagnostic criteria and treatment paradigms. An 8-year retrospective review of serologic parameters and clinical response to treatment with or without oral corticosteroids is described.
RESULTS: The total serum IgE was found to correlate with the clinical rhinosinusitis severity (P = .0002). The fungal-specific IgG also correlated with clinical rhinosinusitis severity but less rigorously (P = .004). An increase of 10% or more in total serum IgE during follow-up was found to have significant predictive value for recurrent surgical intervention, with a sensitivity of 79%, specificity of 77%, positive predictive value of 48%, and negative predictive value of 93% (P < .0001). With the use of a modified corticosteroid treatment regimen adapted from allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, as little as 2 months of oral corticosteroids after surgery provided significant clinical improvement for up to 12 months (P < .0001), although patients taking 12 months of treatment fared the best clinically (P = .03). By survival analysis, oral corticosteroids prolonged the time between subsequent sinus surgeries (P = .01) in this highly recurrent disease. No significant side effects of oral corticosteroids were observed during treatment with this dosing regimen.
CONCLUSIONS: Postoperative oral corticosteroids appear to be an effective treatment option for allergic fungal sinusitis, and monitoring of total serum IgE can be helpful in the clinical follow-up of these patients.
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