A new case of rhinosporidiosis in Chile |
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Authors: | Brevis Pedro Morales Erik Bravo Juan C Monasterio Valeria Mánques Belarmino Zaror Luis Abaca Paulina Toloza Lorena |
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Affiliation: | Departamento de Microbiología, Universidad de Talca, Chile. pbrevis@utalca.cl |
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Abstract: | BackgroundRhinosporidiosis is a chronic, granulomatous, and non-contagious infection, in which highly vascularized polyps (mainly present in the nasal cavity) appear. These polyps usually bleed easily.AimsTo present the case of a 14 year-old male suffering from an obstruction and injury of the right nostril due to a polypoid shaped-lesion with a raspberry-like appearance.MethodsA wide surgery resection of the base of the lesion was performed, as well as a standard histopathology procedure, including microscopic analysis with haematoxylin-eosin and Grocott staining.Results and conclusionsThe histopathology report indicated that the chronic inflammatory polyp was compatible with rhinosporidiosis. |
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