Disseminated cutaneous with nasopharyngeal rhinosporidiosis: Light microscopy changes following dapsone therapy.

Abstract

We report a case of disseminated cutaneous and nasopharyngeal rhinosporidiosis in a 48-year-old man. The patient complained of a 6-month history of six subcutaneous skin-coloured swellings on the body and a 5-year history of a pea-sized swelling on the inner aspect of the left lower eyelid. Histopathological examination from one of these lesions showed multiple globular cysts packed with endospores that were typical of rhinosporidiosis. We report this case because of its rarity and to describe the morphological effects of dapsone in promotion of a host inflammatory response to the organism.

• Authors: Bhushan Madke, Sunanda Mahajan, Vidya Kharkar, Siddhi Chikhalkar, Uday Khopkar
• Journal: The Australasian journal of dermatology (Australas J Dermatol) Vol. 52 Issue 2 Pg. e4-6 (May 2011) ISSN: 1440-0960 [Electronic] Australia
• PMID: 21605088 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: © 2010 The Authors. Australasian Journal of Dermatology © 2010 The Australasian College of Dermatologists.

Chemical References

• Anti-Infective Agents
• Dapsone

Topics

• Anti-Infective Agents (therapeutic use)
• Dapsone (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Nasopharyngeal Diseases (diagnostic imaging, drug therapy, pathology)
• Radiography
• Rhinosporidiosis (diagnostic imaging, drug therapy, pathology)
• Treatment Outcome