Abstract
Rhinosporidiosis is a rare chronic granulomatous disease caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi, which affects both humans and animals. Rhinosporidiosis does not satisfy Koch`s postulates as the oraganism cannot be cultured and transferred from human to animal host. Most of cases reported from India, Pakistan, Srilanka, South America, and Africa. It exists as benign and malignant form of diseases. Most common mode of transmission is water borne and rarely airborne. The disease mostly affects the Nose and Nasopharynx, other sites like oral cavity, conjunctiva, Larynx, Trachea. Clinical presents as pinkish polypoidal mass with complaints of unilateral nasal obstruction, epistaxis, local pruritus. Diagnosis based on clinical presentations and history of water contamination, biopsy with histopathological examination. Here we are going to discuss the various presentation ,diagnosis and treatment of Rhinosporidiosis cases.
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