Cytologic diagnosis of rhinoscleroma
Zaharopoulos, P.; Wong, J.Y.
Acta Cytologica 28(2): 139-142
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5547 PMID: 6367327 Document Number: 236509
The cytologic diagnosis of a case of rhinoscleroma was made on brushing specimens of a laryngeal lesion. The cytologic picture included aggregates of the characteristic Mikulicz cells, large, rounded histiocytes with an eccentric nucleus and vacuolar cytoplasm containing the short rods of Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis. Although the diagnosis of this chronic infectious disease involving the upper respiratory tract is routinely made by tissue biopsy and bacteriologic study of the lesions, the present report indicates that cytology has a definite place in its diagnosis.