Title of article :
A Woman with Nasal Mass and Epistaxis: An Unusual Presentation of Leprosy
Author/Authors :
Gerami, Houshang Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery - Guilan University of Medical Sciences , Kousha, Nasim Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery - Guilan University of Medical Sciences
Pages :
5
From page :
479
To page :
483
Abstract :
Leprosy is an infectious and non-fatal disease that mainly involved skin and peripheral nervous system and caused by Mycobacterium Lepra. This case is a 41-year-old woman with intermittent nasal bleeding and a mass (1.5×2.5 cm) in the right side of lateral nasal wall and a (1×1 cm) mass on septum in the left side of the nose. Considering the probability of intranasal tumor, endoscopic biopsy for histopathologic examination had been done and the result confirmed the diagnosis of leprosy. After unexpected proving of pathologic leprelepromatose, the patient put under 3-drug- treatment.
Keywords :
Leprosy , bacillus , nose
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
Serial Year :
2009
Record number :
2449182
Link To Document :
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