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Treatment of Rhinosporidiosis

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Rhinosporidiosis, a mucocutaneous chronic granulomatous infection caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi, is a disease notorious for the many uncertainties and dilemmas surrounding its various aspects including management. The definitive treatment modality for rhinosporidiosis is surgical excision of mass with cauterization of base, the latter being a key step in reducing disease recurrence. The current surgical methods involve the use of various powered instruments like electrocautery, microdebrider, coblators, and LASERs. Medical management has a doubtful role even as adjuvant therapy with Dapsone and Amphotericin B among others, being occasionally recommended.

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  1. Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, AIIMS, Raipur, India

    Ripu Daman Arora, Nitin M. Nagarkar & Megha Chandran

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  1. Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

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Arora, R.D., Nagarkar, N.M., Chandran, M. (2022). Treatment of Rhinosporidiosis. In: Nagarkar, N.M., Mehta, R. (eds) Rhinosporidiosis . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8508-8_9

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