Rhinosporidiosis: A Surgeon's Nightmare

Rhinosporidiosis.

cutaneous junction of the right upper lid. The area of bulbar conjunctiva from which the previous polypus was rem-oved twelve months ago shows no activity and the cornea has remained clear. The photograph being enlarged just shows the yellowish-white specks in the substance of the polypus. I should be very grateful if any of your readers know of any local treatment besides excision, which will ...

A surgeon's nightmare: Complications.

OBJECTIVE Our study aimed to determine the physically and psychologically most difficult complication resulting in chronic discomfort and occurring sensationally in the postoperative period of operations performed frequently in the daily surgical routine. MATERIAL AND METHODS We performed a survey among surgeons who participated in the 19(th) National Surgery Congress. The questions were rela...

Cutaneous rhinosporidiosis.

Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic granulomatous disease of the mucocutaneous tissue, which clinically presents as polypoidal growths. Cutaneous lesions are infrequent and are generally associated with mucosal lesions. We present a case of cutaneous rhinosporidiosis in association with recurrent nasopharyngeal rhinosporidiosis in a 65-year-old male patient. He presented with dysphagia for solid food...

Prolapsing Urethral Rhinosporidiosis

Rhinosporidiosis, first described by Gulleimaro Seeberi from Buenos Aires in 1900 [1], is a rare chronic granulomatous condition usually affecting the anterior nares, caused by a fungus Rhinosporidiosisseeberi [1,2]. Ashworth in 1923 described the lifecycle of this fungus and established the name [1]. Though it is globally distributed but 90% cases are from Asia mainly from South India, Srilank...

A father's worst nightmare.