Rhinoscleroma

 

This is a sinonasal rhinoscleroma during florid stage with marked cellular infiltrates consisting of lymphocytes and plasma cells.  There are many macrophages with clear to foamy cytoplasm (Mikulicz cells) that harbor Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis (see Warthin-Starry stain).

 

1 minute clinical correlation

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