Abstract
The author reports 2 casee of candidasis of the paranasal sinuses. The first case is a 34-year-old female who showed toothache as an initial symptom, the second case is a 58-year-old female who had bloody sputum and the last case is a 31-year-old male who sought medical aid because of foul oder nasal discharge.
The incidence of candidasis of the lung has been reported greater in male than in female.
A search of pertinent literature failed to demonstrate the typical case in which excessive use of antibiotics or steroid caused candidasis of the paranasal sinus.
The infection of candida usually occurs either as an aggresive type or as necrotic type.
The process of candida infection in these three cases might be that candida in the air infected the pathological mucosa of the sinuses through the natural ostium.
