TY - JOUR
T1 - Rhinosporidiosis
T2 - A Chronic Tropical Disease in Lateral Pharyngeal Wall
AU - Prasad, Vishnu
AU - Shenoy, Vijendra S.
AU - Rao, Raghavendra A.
AU - Kamath, Panduranga M.
AU - Rao, Kanishka S.
PY - 2015/5/1
Y1 - 2015/5/1
N2 - Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi. It predominantly affects the mucous membranes of the nose and the nasopharynx. Clinically the lesion presents as a pink or red pedunculated polyp in one or both nostrils. Diagnosis can be made by aspiration cytology and examination with May-Grunwald-Giemsa, hematoxylin and eosin, Periodic acid-Schiff and mucicarmine staining. Definitive diagnosis is by histopathology of the specimen. We report a case of Rhinosporidiosis at the lateral pharyngeal wall which is a very rare site for Rhinosporidiosis to occur; was treated by diathermy excision of the mass and cauterization of the base and oral Dapsone to prevent recurrence of the disease.
AB - Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi. It predominantly affects the mucous membranes of the nose and the nasopharynx. Clinically the lesion presents as a pink or red pedunculated polyp in one or both nostrils. Diagnosis can be made by aspiration cytology and examination with May-Grunwald-Giemsa, hematoxylin and eosin, Periodic acid-Schiff and mucicarmine staining. Definitive diagnosis is by histopathology of the specimen. We report a case of Rhinosporidiosis at the lateral pharyngeal wall which is a very rare site for Rhinosporidiosis to occur; was treated by diathermy excision of the mass and cauterization of the base and oral Dapsone to prevent recurrence of the disease.
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U2 - 10.7860/JCDR/2015/11831.5951
DO - 10.7860/JCDR/2015/11831.5951
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84928988250
SN - 2249-782X
VL - 9
SP - MD01-MD02
JO - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
JF - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
IS - 5
ER -
