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 difficulty. Histopathological examination showed characteristic M...

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 is a chronic progressive granulomatous condition due to Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis.' In severe cases the typical nodular lesions may extend from the nasopharynx into the respiratory tract and be refractory to antibiotics. We are currently investigating the use of laser treatment for lesions in the trachea and major bronchi.2 Such treatment is applicable to benign and malignant le...

Rhinoscleroma,also known as Mikuliczdisease,is a chronic disfiguring and debilitating disease.This case in a 10 year old girl presented with unusual features and mimicked many other diseases.The characteristic MR features are described.The disease is uncommon in Western Maharashtra. Its scenario in Indian subcontinent is discussed.

OBJECTIVE To identify the presence of B lymphocytes in the rhinoscleroma granulomas as a possible precursor of plasma cells, whose presence has always been described but whose role is still unclear. STUDY DESIGN Case series with chart review. SETTING Sapienza University of Rome. METHODS The study was carried out on 6 patients (3 women, 3 men). The following parameters were examined for ea...