Headache induced by isolated sphenoid fungal sinusitis: sinus headache?

Journal of Headache and Pain

Moon Oh Kwon¹ and Kyung Soo Kim¹ 

(1)	Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University Hospital, 224-1, Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 156-755, Korea

Received: 14 July 2009  Accepted: 20 August 2009  Published online: 10 September 2009

Abstract  In this article, we report a case of isolated sphenoid fungal sinusitis which only presented as headache. We review the literature of this rare but interesting lesion according to the revised 2004 IHS diagnostic criteria for “Headache attributed to Rhinosinusitis”.