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Light and electron microscopic findings in rhinosporidiosis after dapsone therapy
Author(s) -
Venkateswaran Sarada,
Date Anand,
Job Anand,
Mathan Minnie
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
tropical medicine and international health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1365-3156
pISSN - 1360-2276
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-212.x
Subject(s) - dapsone , rhinosporidiosis , medicine , pathology , biopsy , electron microscope , dermatology , physics , optics
Summary Morphological findings in serial nasal mucosal biopsies from three cases of rhinosporidiosis on dapsone therapy were compared with biopsies from 33 patients taken before dapsone or surgical treatment was initiated. All biopsies were examined by light microscopy and five by electron microscopy. Counts of histologically intact and degenerated organisms showed a decreasing proportion of intact forms with treatment.