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Year : 2012 | Volume
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Sinus involvement in cases of rhinoscleroma: A cause of antibiotic resistance and early recurrence after medical treatment
Ahmed Atef1, Nassim Talaat1, Ahmed El Farouk1, Mohamed Qotb1, Hesham Fathi1, Shady Ilia2
1 Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt 2 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Correspondence Address:
Ahmed Atef Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo Egypt
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.7123/01.EJO.0000411079.83100.c1
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Theory
To investigate the true incidence of sinus infection in cases of rhinoscleroma, and the possible role of reinfection from the sinuses to explain recurrence and resistant to treatment in cases of scleroma.
Materials and methods
Twenty-five patients with histologically proved granular rhinoscleroma were included in this cohort prospective study.
Results and conclusion
More than one-third of the cases of rhinoscleroma in our series were associated with histologically proved sinus lesions, and these sinus-positive lesions were associated with resistance to standard medical treatment and with early recurrence. |
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