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F. JOHNSON PUTNEY, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1948;47(6):816-817.

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RHINOSCLEROMA is encountered infrequently in the United States, but it should be suspected when there is an unusual-appearing lesion of the nose. Most of the patients whose cases have been reported were persons of foreign birth, chiefly from northeastern Europe, though some came from the Mediteranean area and South America. In 1942 Cunning and Guerry¹ found 102 recorded cases in the United States and Canada; 16 of the patients were native born and 86 foreign born.

Rhinoscleroma is classed as an infective granuloma, and Bacillus rhinoscleromatis is often found in the characteristic Mikulicz cells, but there is no certainty that this organism causes the disease. The lesion has been found in all parts of the upper respiratory tract, and is at first proliferative and then destructive. Generally, treatment has been unsatisfactory. It usually consists in applying roentgen radiation in low dosage to bring about fibrosis, although beneficial effects have been . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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PHILADELPHIA

From the Department of Laryngology and Broncho-esophagology, Jefferson Hospital.

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