title: Chronic rhinitis: a manifestation of leprosy.
abstract: Leprosy, or Hansen disease, is an infection that affects the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract and may manifest with nasal symptoms of chronic rhinitis, including nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, and intermittent epistaxis. We present a case of a woman diagnosed with leprosy as an incidental finding from a biopsy obtained during endoscopic sinus surgery for the management of chronic rhinitis. The diagnosis of leprosy should be considered in patients with nasal symptoms and presumptive chronic rhinitis who do not respond adequately to standard therapies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1600 NW 10th Ave, Room 2023A, Miami, FL 33136, USA. icamacho2@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Ivan D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Camacho
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Burdick
authors.forename: Latanya
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Benjamin
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Casiano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015439:Leprosy, Borderline / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery