Open AccessOculosporidiosis Presenting as a Conjunctival Polyp in North India
Author(s) -
Parveen Rana,
Satyavir Kishor Mathur,
Manisha Nada,
Sonia Chhabra
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
asian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2452-0691
pISSN - 1560-2133
DOI - 10.35119/asjoo.v13i1.16
Subject(s) - medicine , conjunctiva , histopathological examination , presentation (obstetrics) , mucus , granulomatous disease , pathology , disease , dermatology , surgery , biology , ecology
Rhinosporodiosis, caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi, is a chronic localized granulomatous disease of the mucus membrane. This report is of a patient with oculosporidiosis involving the conjunctiva with a clinical presentation in the form of polyp. The patient was treated by surgical excision, and the resected tissue was submitted for histopathological examination, which confirmed the diagnosis.