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Rhinosporidiosis is a mucocutaneous infection, primarily involving the nose. It rarely presents as a disseminated disease, with a polypoidal lesion of the mucous membrane of the nose and its subsite. Rhinosporidiosis affects commonly the mucous membrane of the nasopharyngeal subsite, conjunctiva and palate. The causative organism is Rhinosporidium seeberi and this disease is more prevalent in tropical countries.
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- Job A, Venkateswaran S, Mathan M, et al. Medical therapy of rhinosporidiosis with Dapsone. J Laryngol Otol 1993;107(9):809-12.
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References
Karunaratne WAE. Rhinosporidiosis in man. University of London: The Athlone Press 1964.
Ashworth JH. On Rhinosporidium seeberi (Wernicke, 1903), with special reference to its sporulation and affinities. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1924;53(2):301-42.
Blitzer A, Lawson W. Fungal infections of the nose and paranasal sinuses: part I. Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America 1993;26(6):1007-35.
Ashworth JH, Turner AL. A case of rhinosporidiosis. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology 1923;38(6):285-99.
Rajeshwari A, Gangadhara S, Deviprasad S, et al. Rhinosporidiosis-a report of two cases. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery 2010;62:322-5.
Nerurkar NK, Bradoo RA, Joshi AA, et al. Lacrimal sac rhinosporidiosis: a case report. Am J Otolaryngol 2004;25(6):423-5.
Job A, Venkateswaran S, Mathan M, et al. Medical therapy of rhinosporidiosis with Dapsone. J Laryngol Otol 1993;107(9):809-12.
Saha J, Basu AJ, Sen I, et al. Atypical presentations of rhinosporidiosis: a clinical dilemma? Indian J Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg 2011;63:243-6.