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Abstract
Rhinosporidiosis caused by Rhinosporidium seeberii, a protistal microorganism, is endemic in several parts of India. Infection involves mucous membranes of the nose and paranasal sinuses and usually manifests as vascular friable polyps. A few cases of rhinosporidoisis have been reported from Delhi, in patients who were migrants from other states. The present case constitutes the first report of rhinosporidiosis in a Delhi resident; the lesion occurred as polypoidal mass of the palpebral conjunctiva.
Highlights
Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic localized granulomatous infection commonly involving the mucous membranes of the nose and paranasal sinuses that usually manifests as vascular friable polyps
Another case of ocular rhinopsoridiosis reported from Delhi was, a 11year-o1d male child, from the Western part of a neighbouring state, Uttar Pradesh [12]
Rhinosporidiosis is commonly found in South
Summary
Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic localized granulomatous infection commonly involving the mucous membranes of the nose and paranasal sinuses that usually manifests as vascular friable polyps. Capoor et al [10] reported from Delhi three cases of the diseases including one each with sino-nasopharyngeal, nasopharyngeal and nasal involvement; the patients were migrants from other states. Three more cases of nasal and sinonasopharyneal rhinosporidiosis were reported from Delhi by Das et al [11]; these patients were migrants from other states, two from Bihar and one from Uttar Pradesh.
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