Rhinoscleroma is a chronic, slowly progressive granulomatous bacterial infection that is endemic to the tropical world, namely, Central America and Africa. It is occasionally seen in the United States of America (USA). It predominately affects the nasal mucosa but can also involve the rest of the upper respiratory tract. The well-known causative agent for rhinoscleroma is the bacterium Klebsiel...

Respiratory scleroma (often termed ‘rhinoscleroma’) is a chronic inammatory condition in which deforming masses of tissue distend the nasal cavity. Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis is the causative agent of this infection and the Mikulicz cell is speciŽc to the lesion being a large macrophage with clear cytoplasm containing the bacilli. Antibiotic therapy has traditionally consisted of streptomycin...

Rhinoscleroma is a progressive, granulomatous infectious disease, usually limited to the upper respiratory tract and produced by Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis 1,2 . Sporadic cases and endemic foci of the disease have been found in 68 countries 3,4 . Clinically, the disease has been described in progressive stages; however overlapping of the stages occur frequently in the individual patient 3,5-7 ...

Rhinoscleroma is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease that is rare in Western Europe. We report the case of a 5-year-old Portuguese boy diagnosed with rhinoscleroma in the context of recurrent epistaxis. He had a 6-month course of antibiotic (amoxicillin plus clavulanate) therapy with full recovery.

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...

We report a case of a 45-year-old male with severe rhinoscleroma. The patient presented to the emergency room with dyspnea from a long-standing nasal-palatal mass. A tracheostomy was required for airway control. While dyspnea in the presence of an upper airway mass is typical of malignancy, consideration of non-oncological etiologies is important. We review the epidemiology, pathology, diagnosi...

Rhinoscleroma is a chronic, infectious and granulomatous disease of the respiratory tract. There is often a delay in diagnosis due to unfamiliarity with the disease and also because culture is not always positive. We report a case in a 26-year-old woman with granular mass obstructing bilateral nasal cavities and causing breathing diffi culty. Histopathological examination showed characteristic ...

INTRODUCTION Rhinoscleroma is a chronic granulomatous infection of the respiratory tract due to Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis (K. rhinoscleromatis). PATIENTS AND METHOD We observed two cases of rhinoscleroma in the Souro-Sanou university hospital of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, over a 9-year period (2009 to 2010). RESULTS A 19-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman both consulted with obstruct...