Ritwik Ghosh, Subhargha Mondal, Dipayan Roy, Adrija Ray, Arpan Mandal, Julián Benito-León
Rhinosporidiosis, a chronic inflammatory disease, which is caused by the aquatic microorganism Rhinosporidium seeberi, is endemic in India and in many other regions of the tropics. It primarily infects mucocutaneous surfaces of nose, nasopharynx, and conjunctiva through transepithelial invasion. However, over the centuries, atypical involvement of other body parts, especially viscera, bone, subcutaneous layers, genitals, the tracheobronchial tree, and even the skull has been, though rarely, reported. This chronic granulomatous infection is notorious for its propensity for recurrence following autoinoculation and poor response to most of the anti-microbials except dapsone...
2021: IDCases