RESUMO
Nocardia as an etiological agent for sinusitis has rarely been reported. Only three such cases have been reported so far in literature.We report here, a first case from India, of chronic maxillary sinusitis caused by Nocardianova in an immunocompetent male and patient responded well to treatment by co-trimoxazole.
RESUMO
A 48 year old female presented with extensive ulceration of the nasal septum of 8 months duration. Investigations confirmed the local nature of the disease. A biopsy revealed large zones of ischemic necrosis and abnormal lymphoid cells invading vessel walls and glandular structures. Florid squamous metaplasia, and pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia of mucosal epithelium mimicked squamous cell carcinoma and necrotising sialometaplasia. Immunohistochemistry and insitu hybridization confirmed the diagnosis of an EBV positive, Nasal NK/T cell lymphoma. A Pubmed/Medline search suggests that this is the first documented case from India.