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- Title
Invasive Fungal Sinusitis in a Healthy Athlete due to Long-term Anabolic Steroid Use.
- Authors
Kim, Irene A.; Thompson, Christopher F.; Kedeshian, Paul A.; Palma‐Diaz, Fernando; Suh, Jeffrey D.
- Abstract
Invasive fungal rhinosinusitis is a potentially fatal infection that affects immunocompromised patients. Prognosis is generally poor despite aggressive medical and surgical treatments. We present the first reported case of invasive fungal sinusitis in a healthy 18-year-old male athlete who was taking anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS). The effects of excessive AAS use on the immune system are not fully understood, but there may be consequences at supraphysiological concentrations. This case demonstrates potential immunomodulatory effects of anabolic steroids and highlights a previously unknown cause of invasive fungal sinusitis.
- Subjects
PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of steroids; SINUSITIS; ATHLETES' health; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED patients; PROGNOSIS
- Publication
Laryngoscope, 2014, Vol 124, Issue 8, p1756
- ISSN
0023-852X
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1002/lary.24608