Rhinosporidiosis: A Chronic Tropical Disease in Lateral Pharyngeal Wall
Published: May 1, 2015 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2015/.5951
Vishnu Prasad, Vijendra S. Shenoy, Raghavendra A. Rao, Panduranga M. Kamath, Kanishkas. Rao
1. Consultant, Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University, India.
2. Associate Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University, India.
3. Associate Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University, India.
4. Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University, India.
5. Junior Resident, Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Vishnu Prasad,
Consultant, Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Kasturba Medical College,
Mangalore, Manipal University, Karnataka-575001, India.
E-mail: dr.vishnukp@yahoo.com
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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