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- Title
Chronic rhinitis: A manifestation of leprosy.
- Authors
Camacho, Ivan D.; Burdick, Anne; Benjamin, Latanya; Casiano, Roy
- Abstract
Leprosy, or Hansen disease, is an infection that affects the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract and may manifest with nasal symptoms of chronic rhinitis, including nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, and intermittent epistaxis. We present a case of a woman diagnosed with leprosy as an incidental finding from a biopsy obtained during endoscopic sinus surgery for the management of chronic rhinitis. The diagnosis of leprosy should be considered in patients with nasal symptoms and presumptive chronic rhinitis who do not respond adequately to standard therapies.
- Publication
ENT: Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 2011, Vol 90, Issue 9, pE1
- ISSN
0145-5613
- Publication type
Journal Article