Dermatological aspects of rhinosporidiosis

A rare case of disseminated rhinosporidiosis mimicking tuberculosis

“…Subsequent studies focused on dapsone, a bacteriostatic sulfonamide that can stop the development of sporangia and increase fibrosis in the tissue. It can help prevent new colonization and infection at the site after the release of endospores from surgically [7] .…”

Cutaneous rhinosporidiosis presenting as cutaneous horn and verrucous plaque

“…Cutaneous lesions are usually in the form of friable warty growths. [ 2 ] Other presentations such as verrucous plaques, polypoidal growths, subcutaneous nodules, furuncle, ecthyma, and friable nodules have been reported. [ 3 4 ] Because of varied clinical presentations, it can be easily confused with tuberculosis verrucosa cutis, warts, cutaneous leishmaniasis, bacillary angiomatosis, granuloma pyogenicum, Kaposi's sarcoma, and deep mycoses such as cryptococcosis.…”