Oculosporidiosis presenting as an under-eye swelling

Ghorpade, Aditya; Gurumurthy, J. V.; Pk, Banerjee; Ak, Banerjee; Bhalla, Mahadev; Ravindranath, M

doi:10.4103/0378-6323.32749

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“…10 Some authors have also put it under a new class of aquatic protistans called mesomycetozoea along with other aquatic parasites that cause similar infections in amphibians and fish. 11 However, recent studies suggest a waterborne cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa as the causative organism of rhinosporidiosis.…”

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A clinicopathological study of rhinosporidiosis in a tertiary care hospital

Shariff

2018

Int J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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Background: Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic granulomatous infective disorder that is caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi. It usually presents as a soft polypoidal, pedunculated or sessile mass arising from the nasal mucosa. Common sites of occurrence of rhinosporidiosis are nasal cavity and nasopharynx, it can also be found in conjunctiva, larynx and maxillary sinuses.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the outpatient department of ENT, at Vinayaka Mission’s Medical College and Hospital for a period of 1 year 7 months from October 2011 to April 2013. During the study period, all cases that were diagnosed as rhinosporidiosis by histopathology were included in the study group. The aim of this study is to determine the epidemiology, risk factors, clinical features and evaluation of blood group in patients with rhinosporidiosis in a study group. Results: Majority of patients in our study were young male adults from low socio-economic strata and from rural area. The common sites involved were the nasal cavity and nasopharynx. It showed an association with blood group O type.Conclusions: Rhinosporidiosis is an infective disease which is seen in individuals using surface water sources for daily needs. It requires careful clinical evaluation and diagnosis. Patients in high risk group with suspicion should undergo surgical excision with electrocautery. Careful follow up is essential for early diagnosis of recurrence.

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A clinicopathological study of rhinosporidiosis in a tertiary care hospital

Shariff

2018

Int J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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“…[ 2 6 ] Ghorpade et al . [ 9 ] and Sood and Badhu[ 10 ] suspect that the recurrence may be due to incomplete removal of the infested sac and they recommended more aggressive approach that includes complete and meticulous surgical excision with electric cautery[ 10 11 ] to ensure complete eradication of the disease.…”

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Rhinosporidiosis of lacrimal sac: An interesting case of orbital swelling

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Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic localized granulomatous disease caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi, an aquatic protistan parasite belonging to a clade, Mesomycetozoea. Infestation of Rhinosporidiosis to the eye and adnexa is termed oculosporidiosis, in such cases, conjunctival mucosa is mostly involved; however in our case, it involved only the lacrimal sac and deeper periorbital tissue and presented as a case of orbital swelling. Surgical excision of the lesion was done, postoperatively dapsone therapy was given for 6 months, and the patient responded very well with no recurrence till date.

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“…Ashworth thought it to be phycomycetes and proposed the name Rhinosporidium seebri 1 . Some authors have also put it under a new class of aquatic protistans called Mesomycetozoa along with other aquatic parasites that cause similar infections in amphibians and fish 7 . However, recent studies suggest a waterborne cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa as the causative organism of rhinosporodiosis.…”

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confidence: 99%