34. Rhinoscleroma

Rhinoscleroma.

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 ...

A Case of Rhinoscleroma

MR appearance of rhinoscleroma.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We describe the MR imaging appearance of rhinoscleroma, an endemic, chronic, granulomatous disease whose causative agent is Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis. METHODS The study included 15 patients (nine males and six females; mean age, 25 years; range, 13-36 years) with rhinoscleroma. MR imaging was performed in all patients. The signal intensity of the nasal masses was comp...

Rhinoscleroma : Case Report Summary

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...