%0 Journal Article
%T Septal rhinoscleroma
%A Shoeib Mohamed
%J Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
%D 2010
%I Medknow Publications
%X 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.
%K Rhinoscleroma
%K nasal septum
%K scleroma
%U http://www.ijps.org/article.asp?issn=0970-0358;year=2010;volume=43;issue=2;spage=219;epage=221;aulast=Shoeib