Disseminated cutaneous, laryngeal, nasopharyngeal, and recurrent obstructive nasal rhinosporidiosis in an immunocompetent adult: a case report and review of literature

Kaushal, Seema; Mathur, Sandeep; Mallick, Saumyaranjan; Ramam, M

doi:10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04509.x

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“…Systemic involvement may be seen in the form of warty friable lesions of skin, urethra, anus and penis [1]. A case of disseminated rhinosporidiosis with cutaneous, laryngeal and nasopharyngeal involvement has also been reported from India [15]. Another disseminated case of nasopharyngeal rhinosporidiosis in a 48-yearold man with a six-month history of six subcutaneous swellings on the body, and a five-year history of a pea- sized swelling on the inner aspect of the lower eyelid, a rarely known clinical presentation of the disease, has also been reported from Mumbai in Western India [16].…”

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Ocular rhinosporidiosis: a case report from Delhi

Sood

Agarwal

Gugnani³

2012

J Infect Dev Ctries

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Rhinosporidiosis caused by Rhinosporidium seeberii, a protistal microorganism, is endemic in several parts of India. Infection involves mucous membranes of the nose and paranasal sinuses and usually manifests as vascular friable polyps. A few cases of rhinosporidoisis have been reported from Delhi, in patients who were migrants from other states. The present case constitutes the first report of rhinosporidiosis in a Delhi resident; the lesion occurred as polypoidal mass of the palpebral conjunctiva.

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Ocular rhinosporidiosis: a case report from Delhi

Sood

Agarwal

Gugnani³

2012

J Infect Dev Ctries

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“…Surgical excision is the treatment of choice, but recurrences are seen. Dapsone is the only medical treatment to have shown some efficacy, presumably as a result of its ability to arrest the maturation of sporangia and accelerate degenerative changes in them . In the present case, the patient presented at a slightly older age than described in the literature, and the presence of a solitary ulcer with a crusted border, over the right ear lobule, created a diagnostic dilemma, especially against a background of previous treatment for leprosy.…”

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A curious ulcer on the pinna: rhinosporidiosis at an unusual place

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A curious ulcer on the pinna: rhinosporidiosis at an unusual place Editor, Rhinosporidiosis, a chronic mucocutaneous granulomatous infection caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi, was first described in Argentina over 100 years ago. 1 This disorder has been found to be endemic in India and Sri Lanka but has also been reported in the US, Iran, South America, and Africa. The most commonly involved sites are the nasal mucosa and nasopharynx (70-75% of cases), but the conjunctiva and lacrimal sac are occasionally involved (15%). 2 In the available literature, the skin, along with the urethra, genitalia, lips, palate, uvula, trachea, bronchus, ear, larynx, bone, and paranasal sinuses, has been sporadically involved in cases of rhinosporidiosis. 3,4 The clinical presentation is characterized by a painless sessile tumor with an irregular, friable, erythematous, muriform surface, often with white dots, hanging anteriorly into the nares or posteriorly into the pharynx. 5,6 Cutaneous lesions, albeit rare, have been reported in the form of cutaneous horn, verrucous plaques, polypoidal growths, subcutaneous nodules, furunculoid lesions, and ecthymatoid lesions. 6,7 We report a patient with cutaneous rhinosporidiosis presenting with an ulcerated growth over the right ear lobule, with nasal involvement.

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“…Rhinosporidiosis, caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi, manifests as a chronic mucocutaneous infection of the nose with multiple friable vascular lesions. 1 R. seeberi was postulated to be a fungus associated with the genera Synchytrium and Colletotrichum, but this classification is contentious. 2…”

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