Rhinoscleroma presenting as a nasal-palatal mass with airway obstruction

We report a case of a 45-year-old male with severe rhinoscleroma. The patient presented to the emergency room with dyspnea from a long-standing nasal-palatal mass. A tracheostomy was required for airway control. While dyspnea in the presence of an upper airway mass is typical of malignancy, consider...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Domanski, Mark C, Rivero, Alexander, Kardon, David E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000Research 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3814917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24358881
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.2-124.v1
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Sumario:We report a case of a 45-year-old male with severe rhinoscleroma. The patient presented to the emergency room with dyspnea from a long-standing nasal-palatal mass. A tracheostomy was required for airway control. While dyspnea in the presence of an upper airway mass is typical of malignancy, consideration of non-oncological etiologies is important. We review the epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of rhinoscleroma.

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