Septal rhinoscleroma
Rhinoscleroma is a chronic granulomatous condition of the nose and other structures of the upper respiratory tract. Infection by the bacterium Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis is said to be the cause. A female patient aged 45 years, presented with a past history of trauma to the nose and swelling on her...
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| description | Rhinoscleroma is a chronic granulomatous condition of the nose and other structures of the upper respiratory tract. Infection by the bacterium Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis is said to be the cause. A female patient aged 45 years, presented with a past history of trauma to the nose and swelling on her nose since last 1 year. There was nasal asymmetry and internal nasal examination showed a septal swelling protruding to the right nasal cavity with hypertrophied nasal mucosa and inferior turbinate. Open tip rhinoplasty approach was used to excise the mass, which examined pathologically revealing a rhinoscleroma, fibrotic infiltrative stage. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-acfbf1dc7ae142bcbdcf734e2b13fbb12022-12-22T01:25:31ZengThieme Medical Publishers, Inc.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery0970-03581998-376X2010-07-01430221922110.1055/s-0039-1699441Septal rhinoscleromaMohamed A. Shoeib0Department of Plastic Surgery, Sohag Faculty of Medicine, Sohag, Egypt - 82542Rhinoscleroma is a chronic granulomatous condition of the nose and other structures of the upper respiratory tract. Infection by the bacterium Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis is said to be the cause. A female patient aged 45 years, presented with a past history of trauma to the nose and swelling on her nose since last 1 year. There was nasal asymmetry and internal nasal examination showed a septal swelling protruding to the right nasal cavity with hypertrophied nasal mucosa and inferior turbinate. Open tip rhinoplasty approach was used to excise the mass, which examined pathologically revealing a rhinoscleroma, fibrotic infiltrative stage.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1699441rhinoscleromanasal septumscleroma |
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| title | Septal rhinoscleroma |
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| title_short | Septal rhinoscleroma |
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| topic | rhinoscleroma nasal septum scleroma |
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