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Unusual Presentation of Rhinoscleroma


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1 Department of ENT and HNS, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College, Pune-411043, Iceland
2 Department of ENT and HNS, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College, Pune-411043, India
     

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Rhinoscleroma or respiratory scleroma is a chronic, slowly progressive, inflammatory disease of the upper respiratory tract. Here we present a 35 year old male presenting with unilateral orbital complaints and nonspecific findings on radiological examination, diagnosed only by histopathology as Rhinoscleroma. Due to the low incidence of this disease and its rare presentation in this case, diagnosis was a challenge, but outcome was successful.

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Rhinoscleroma, Orbit.
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Authors

A. Dehadaray
Department of ENT and HNS, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College, Pune-411043, Iceland
M. Patel
Department of ENT and HNS, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College, Pune-411043, India
M. Kaushik
Department of ENT and HNS, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College, Pune-411043, India
D. Agrawal
Department of ENT and HNS, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College, Pune-411043, India

Abstract


Rhinoscleroma or respiratory scleroma is a chronic, slowly progressive, inflammatory disease of the upper respiratory tract. Here we present a 35 year old male presenting with unilateral orbital complaints and nonspecific findings on radiological examination, diagnosed only by histopathology as Rhinoscleroma. Due to the low incidence of this disease and its rare presentation in this case, diagnosis was a challenge, but outcome was successful.

Keywords


Rhinoscleroma, Orbit.

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