[Spheno-ethmoidal rhinoscleroma. Report of a case and review of the literature]

Ann Otolaryngol Chir Cervicofac. 1998 May;115(2):85-8.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report an unusual case of spheno-ethmoidal rhinoscleroma. This chronic granulomatous disease occurs sporadically in Western Europe. Culture is necessary for diagnosis showing the causative organism of rhinoscleroma, Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis. Immunocytochemistry is used in any suspicious case with a negative culture. Antibiotics are the mainstay of therapy for several weeks, using ciprofloxacine or rifampicin, until the nasal biopsies demonstrated no Klebsiella organism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Ethmoid Bone / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella Infections / microbiology
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Rhinoscleroma / drug therapy
  • Rhinoscleroma / microbiology
  • Rhinoscleroma / pathology*
  • Sphenoid Bone / pathology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents