Otolaryngology Case Reports (Sep 2023)

Rhinoscleroma presenting with bilateral nasal polypi

  • Abdelrahman Sheta Abdelrahman,
  • Mohamed Amen Almorsy,
  • Marwan Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28
p. 100541

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Rhinoscleroma is rare chronic granulomatous infection that should be considered in patients from countries in which the disease is endemic if they have nasal polyps that significantly adhere to the nasal septum with relative sparing of the sinuses. Most often, the presentation is nonspecific. Because of its mundane clinical presentation resembling chronic rhinitis,. We present a 25 years old female patient with rhinoscleroma presenting with bilateral nasal polypi, we emphasis the role of imaging & local biopsy in diagnosis of rhinoscleroma.

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