Authors' introducton:
Leprosy is a rare disease and unfamiliar to many people. A 55-year-old woman was presented to our hospital complaining of nasal obstruction and anosmia. Nasal endoscopic examination revealed reddish-colored exophytic, nonulcerative masses in both nasal cavities. The authors performed endoscopic sinus surgery which involved endoscopic mass removal and synechiolysis. A biopsy sample stained with acid-fast stain and a rapid silver stain showed numerous filamentous organisms infiltrating macrophages, consistent with lepromatous leprosy. The patient was treated with a triple drug regimen of rifampin and dapsone with clofazimine. Herein, the authors present a case of nasal leproma as a differential diagnosis of a nasal cavity mass.
BT - The Journal of craniofacial surgery C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26594975?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.1097/SCS.0000000000002156 IS - 8 J2 - J Craniofac Surg LA - eng M3 - case report N2 -Authors' introducton:
Leprosy is a rare disease and unfamiliar to many people. A 55-year-old woman was presented to our hospital complaining of nasal obstruction and anosmia. Nasal endoscopic examination revealed reddish-colored exophytic, nonulcerative masses in both nasal cavities. The authors performed endoscopic sinus surgery which involved endoscopic mass removal and synechiolysis. A biopsy sample stained with acid-fast stain and a rapid silver stain showed numerous filamentous organisms infiltrating macrophages, consistent with lepromatous leprosy. The patient was treated with a triple drug regimen of rifampin and dapsone with clofazimine. Herein, the authors present a case of nasal leproma as a differential diagnosis of a nasal cavity mass.
PY - 2015 SP - 694 EP - 695 T2 - The Journal of craniofacial surgery TI - Leproma Presenting as a Nasal Cavity Mass. VL - 26 SN - 1536-3732 ER -