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Rhinosporidiosis: gigantic cells with engulfed sporangia of Rhinosporidium seeberi in the case of dermosporidiosis
Author(s) -
Ghorpade Ashok
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03659.x
Subject(s) - rhinosporidiosis , histopathology , lesion , pathology , medicine , sporangium , skin lesion , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , spore
Rhinosporidiosis in an Indian male with a tumorous skin lesion is reported. Histopathology from the skin lesion revealed gigantic foreign body giant cells bloated with multiple, engulfed sporangia of rhinosporidiosis, which has not been reported earlier. The term “dermosporidiosis”, should be used to denote such predominant skin lesions of rhinosporidiosis.