Nasal Rhinoscleroma in a Nonendemic Area: A Case Report

Nasal rhinoscleroma in a nonendemic area: a case report.

Rhinoscleroma is a chronic, granulomatous infectious lesion most frequently affecting the respiratory tract mucosa. This disease is endemic to Africa, Central and South America, South Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and China. We report an extremely rare disease of nasal rhinoscleroma in Korea. The patient was a 63-yr-old man, who suffered from chronic nasal obstruction and septal ...

Rhinoscleroma: a case report.

Rhinoscleroma is a chronic inflammatory disease in which granulation tissue with a typical cell content is found. The paper presents the case of a 77-year-old woman with clinically diagnosed nodule in the nasal cavity. The histopathological examination revealed granulation tissue with plasma cells and Mikulicz's cells. The clinical and morphological picture of the case in question is a rare opp...

Rhinoscleroma in an urban nonendemic setting.

Pavlina P. Suchanova, MD Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Email: [email protected] Phone: 713-798-7217 Website: www.bcm.edu/oto Objectives: To increase awareness and understanding of the clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment options of respiratory rhinoscleroma among otolaryngologists in nonendemic areas. Review current literature, including our clinica...

Sarcoma of Nasal Cavity: A Case Report

This case report is a 65 year old woman from Kerman. Her main complian is nasal obstruction and recurrent nasal bleeding from five months ago. In clinical examination there was a large tumor in left nasal cavity. CT scaning revealed a large tumor in left nasal cavity and maxillary sinuse. The tumor is resected compeletely with negative safe margine by radical caldwell- luc approach. The origin ...

Rhinoscleroma : Case Report Summary