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Case Reports
. 1992 Sep;72(3):219-23.

Conjunctival rhinosporidiosis. Report of three cases from Zaire

T O Ukety  1 , K Kaimbo, A M Nelson, G Moussa, R Parys-Van Ginderdeuren, J Vandepitte
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  • PMID: 1476471
Case Reports

Conjunctival rhinosporidiosis. Report of three cases from Zaire

T O Ukety et al. Ann Soc Belg Med Trop. 1992 Sep.

Abstract

The authors report three cases of conjunctival rhinosporidiosis from Zaire, two of which are believed to be the first documented in the northeastern part of the country. All patients were males. Two patients were very young children, respectively 5 and 6 years old. The third patient was a 35-year-old man. The diagnosis was based on histopathology which revealed the characteristic features of Rhinosporidium seeberi. Total excision was the elective treatment. The disease recurred eleven months later in one case, probably from local dissemination of the parasite during surgery.

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