Rhinosporidiosis

Rhinosporidiosis
Rhinosporidiosis in oropharynx
Classification and external resources
Specialty	infectious disease
ICD-10	B48.1
ICD-9-CM	117.0
DiseasesDB	31328
eMedicine	med/2029
MeSH	D012227
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Rhinosporidiosis is an infection caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi.

This organism was previously considered to be a fungus, and rhinosporidiosis is classified as a fungal disease under ICD-10.

It is now considered to be a protist classified under Mesomycetozoea.

Authors of detailed studies have revealed superficial similarities between Dermocystidium and Rhinosporidium when using light microscopy, but substantial morphological differences between the groups exist.

There is some evidence that DNA extracted from purified uncontaminated round bodies (Rhinosporidium seeberi) is of cyanobacterium origin.

Rhinosporidiosis is a granulomatous disease affecting the mucous membrane of nasopharynx, oropharynx, conjunctiva, rectum and external genitalia. Though the floor of the nose and inferior turbinate are the most common sites, the lesions may appear elsewhere too. Traumatic inoculation from one site to others is common. Laryngeal rhinosporidiosis, too, has been described and may be due to inoculation from the nose during endotracheal intubation. After inoculation, the organism replicates locally, resulting in hyperplasia of host tissue and localised immune response.

Disease endemic in Chhattisgarh South India, Sri Lanka, South America and Africa. It is presumed to be transmitted by exposure to the pathogen when taking a bath in stagnant water pools where animals also bathe.

Books

Rhinosporidiosis in humans and animals and Rhinosporidium seeberi by Sarath N Arseculeratne and Dhammika N Atapattu (2011-1st edition)

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