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. 2012 Apr;29(2):173-5.
doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.95336.

Bronchial rhinosporidiosis: An unusual presentation

Hansa Banjara  1 , Ravindra K Panda, Ajit V Daharwal, V Sudarshan, Digvijay Singh, Anuj Gupta
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Bronchial rhinosporidiosis: An unusual presentation

Hansa Banjara et al. Lung India. 2012 Apr.

Abstract

Rhinosporidiosis is a granulomatous disease that usually affects the nasal mucosa and nasopharynx. The disease is widely prevalent in the tropics, especially in southern India and Sri Lanka. In central India, rhinosporidiosis is endemic in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Involvement of the tracheobronchial tree is extremely rare. Only two cases of bronchial rhinosporidiosis had been reported in world literature. We report a third case of bronchial rhinosporidiosis which occurred in a patient with coexisting nasal and nasopharyngeal rhinosporidiosis. Bronchoscopic guidance excision of mass and electric cauterization of base was done under local anesthesia.

Keywords: Bronchus; bronchoscopic excision; cauterization; rhinosporidiosis.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Bronchoscopy revealed pinkish mulberry like rhinosporidiosis mass in left main bronchus
Figure 2
Figure 2
View after complete excision and cauterization of rhinosporidial mass
Figure 3
Figure 3
Microphotograph showing squamous metaplasia of bronchial epithelium and presence of sporangia with spores (H and E ×10)
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