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Rhinoscleroma

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Rhi`no`scle`ro´ma
n.1.(Med.) A rare disease of the skin, characterized by the development of very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, esp. the lips, palate, and throat.


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The distinctive histiocytes of SHML with emperipolesis are different from histiocytes seen in a variety of other benign and malignant disorders--such as Hodgkin's lymphoma, monocytic leukemia, rhinoscleroma, juvenile xanthogranuloma, and Langerhans histiocytosis--in which phagocytosis of cells may be a prominent feature.
Pathologic Diagnosis: Rhinoscleroma Rhinoscleroma is an unusual chronic granulomatous disease of the upper airways that is caused by Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis.
7) The differential diagnosis of nasal tuberculosis includes other granulomatous diseases such as Wegener's granulomatosis, syphilis, rhinoscleroma, rhinosporidiosis, blastomycosis, histoplasmosis, and coccidioidomycosis.
 
 
 
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