Open AccessRhinosporidiosis of Trachea: A Rare Encounter
Author(s) -
Ruchir Dhawan,
Rahul Kawatra,
Charu Singh,
Sachin Khanduri,
Shubha Gupta,
Puneet Maheshwari
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical rhinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-6965
pISSN - 0974-4630
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10013-1100
Subject(s) - rhinosporidiosis , conjunctiva , nose , medicine , stridor , pathology , bronchoscopy , chronic granulomatous disease , flexible bronchoscopy , surgery , airway , immunology
Rhinosporidiosis, which is a chronic fungal granulomatous disease, is caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi , a protistal microbe. It is a disease affecting primarily the mucosa of nose, conjunctiva and urethra. We are reporting an extremely rare case of tracheal rhinosporidiosis from the northern part of the Indian subcontinent which presented to us as case of respiratory stridor with hemoptysis and was properly investigated following which complete excision of the tracheal mass was done by bronchoscopy.