Jerome B. Taxy, MD
Department of Pathology, Section of Otolaryngology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Shady El-Zayaty, MD
Department of Pathology, Section of Otolaryngology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Alexander Langerman,MD
Department of Surgery, Section of Otolaryngology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Keywords: Frozen section; Sinusitis; Fungus

Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:

• describe the clinical circumstances in which acute fungal sinusitis occurs.
• apply standard (H&E) staining to the identification of fungal hyphae.
• analyze the necessity for a frozen section as opposed to other modes of tissue processing.