Tumoral cutaneous rhinosporidiosis: Case report and review of literature
Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi commonly affecting nasal mucosa, conjunctiva, and urethra. Subcutaneous tumor nodule presentation is rare and often mimics as sarcoma. Such tumoral rhinosporidiosis has been reported rarely. This report describes a...
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| author | Nayantrishna Nath Santanu Subba Sanjay K. Giri Priyanka Pant Aparna Kanungo Anurag Mishra Pritinanda Mishra |
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| description | Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi commonly affecting nasal mucosa, conjunctiva, and urethra. Subcutaneous tumor nodule presentation is rare and often mimics as sarcoma. Such tumoral rhinosporidiosis has been reported rarely. This report describes a 60-year male who presented with a solitary, firm, nontender swelling in posterior aspect of right leg with an ulcer and mimicking clinically as soft tissue sarcoma. Histopathology was diagnostic. Surgical excision was found to be useful. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c12ca7144b0a45ebb066e3ab3305dff92025-02-07T13:37:17ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology0377-49292023-07-0166364064310.4103/ijpm.ijpm_660_21Tumoral cutaneous rhinosporidiosis: Case report and review of literatureNayantrishna NathSantanu SubbaSanjay K. GiriPriyanka PantAparna KanungoAnurag MishraPritinanda MishraRhinosporidiosis is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi commonly affecting nasal mucosa, conjunctiva, and urethra. Subcutaneous tumor nodule presentation is rare and often mimics as sarcoma. Such tumoral rhinosporidiosis has been reported rarely. This report describes a 60-year male who presented with a solitary, firm, nontender swelling in posterior aspect of right leg with an ulcer and mimicking clinically as soft tissue sarcoma. Histopathology was diagnostic. Surgical excision was found to be useful.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_660_21rhinosporidiosissarcomatumor |
| spellingShingle | Nayantrishna Nath Santanu Subba Sanjay K. Giri Priyanka Pant Aparna Kanungo Anurag Mishra Pritinanda Mishra Tumoral cutaneous rhinosporidiosis: Case report and review of literature Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology rhinosporidiosis sarcoma tumor |
| title | Tumoral cutaneous rhinosporidiosis: Case report and review of literature |
| title_full | Tumoral cutaneous rhinosporidiosis: Case report and review of literature |
| title_fullStr | Tumoral cutaneous rhinosporidiosis: Case report and review of literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tumoral cutaneous rhinosporidiosis: Case report and review of literature |
| title_short | Tumoral cutaneous rhinosporidiosis: Case report and review of literature |
| title_sort | tumoral cutaneous rhinosporidiosis case report and review of literature |
| topic | rhinosporidiosis sarcoma tumor |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_660_21 |
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