Unusual cause of saddle nose
Date
2017ISSN
1757-790XSource
Case ReportsVolume
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A 53-year-old female presented with a 2-week history of shortness of breath, cough and fever. Over the past 6 months, she reported painful tongue ulcers and pain in her nose, accompanied with nasal crusting and yellowish discharge. She had a history of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis, diagnosed 10 years ago, and she was treated with antifungal regimen. Physical examination revealed rhonchi bilaterally, multiple shallow ulcerative lesions on her tongue and a saddle nose deformity (figure 1A). CT of the chest demonstrated extensive ground-glass opacities with areas …
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https://casereports.bmj.com/content/2017/bcr-2017-221004http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29054941