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==Laboratory Findings== | ==Laboratory Findings== | ||
[[Image:Rhinoscleroma_-_very_high_mag.jpg|thumb|center|[[Micrograph]] showing abundant subepithelial histiocytes in a case of rhinoscleroma. [[H&E stain]].]] | [[Image:Rhinoscleroma_-_very_high_mag.jpg|thumb|center|[[Micrograph]] showing abundant subepithelial histiocytes in a case of rhinoscleroma. [[H&E stain]].]] | ||
A positive culture in MacConkey agar is diagnostic, but cultures are only positive in 50-60% of cases. Diagnostic characteristics are most commonly found in the granulomatous stage and are described as being chronic inflammatory cells, [[Russell bodies]], and pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia, and groups of large vacuolated histiocytes containing ''Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis'' ([[Mikulicz | A positive culture in [[MacConkey agar]] is diagnostic, but cultures are only positive in 50-60% of cases. Diagnostic characteristics are most commonly found in the granulomatous stage and are described as being chronic inflammatory cells, [[Russell bodies]], and pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia, and groups of large vacuolated histiocytes containing ''Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis'' ([[Mikulicz cell]]s). | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Laboratory Findings
A positive culture in MacConkey agar is diagnostic, but cultures are only positive in 50-60% of cases. Diagnostic characteristics are most commonly found in the granulomatous stage and are described as being chronic inflammatory cells, Russell bodies, and pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia, and groups of large vacuolated histiocytes containing Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis (Mikulicz cells).