RHINOSPORIDIOSIS IN INDIA - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Authors
MOHAN H CHANDER J DHIR R SINGHAL U
Citation
H. Mohan et al., RHINOSPORIDIOSIS IN INDIA - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE, Mycoses, 38(5-6), 1995, pp. 223-225
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases",Mycology
Journal title
Mycoses → ACNP
ISSN journal
09337407
Volume
38
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
223 - 225
Database
ISI
SICI code
0933-7407(1995)38:5-6<223:RII-AC>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A 21-year-old male from Kerala, south India, who had been living in Ch andigarh for the last 4 years presented with a nasal polyp in the left nasal cavity. On histopathological examination, it was found to be du e to rhinosporidiosis. This disease is not uncommon in south India, bu t few case reports have been documented from north India. This paper p resents a case report of rhinosporidiosis from the Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, and a review of literature of the di sease.