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Rhinosporidiosis in Delhi, North India: Case Series from a Non-endemic Area and Mini-review

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We report three cases of rhinosporidiosis from migrant population of Delhi. Three male patients had sino-nasopharyngeal, nasopharyngeal and nasal rhinosporidiosis, respectively. One patient gave a history of bathing in stagnant water. The diagnosis was made by clinical presentation and microscopic observation of characteristic sporangia of Rhinosporidium seebri in mycological and histopathological investigations. All the patients were successfully treated with complete surgical excision of lesions and cauterization of base. There were no recurrences.

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    Malini R. Capoor

  2. Department of Microbiology, Pathology, Vardhman Mahaveer Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, 110029, India

    Geetika Khanna &  Rajni

  3. Department of Otolaryngology, Vardhman Mahaveer Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, 110029, India

    Kadambari Batra & V. P. Venkatchalam

  4. Department of Microbiology, Vardhman Mahaveer Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, 110029, India

    Deepthi Nair & Pushpa Aggarwal

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Capoor, M.R., Khanna, G., Rajni et al. Rhinosporidiosis in Delhi, North India: Case Series from a Non-endemic Area and Mini-review. Mycopathologia 168, 89–94 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-009-9200-1

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