Nasal rhinosporidiosis masquerading as pyogenic granuloma in a pediatric patient at a Zonal Referral Hospital in Central Tanzania: Case report.

granulomatous nasal mass pediatric patient rhinosporidiosis

Journal

Clinical case reports
ISSN: 2050-0904
Titre abrégé: Clin Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101620385

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jun 2022
Historique:
received: 07 04 2022
revised: 14 05 2022
accepted: 06 06 2022
entrez: 29 6 2022
pubmed: 30 6 2022
medline: 30 6 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Being rare, rhinosporidiosis is a chronic granulomatous disease that is characterized by polypoidal lesions of the mucous membrane and is caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi. The disease commonly affects the mucous membrane of the nasopharynx, conjunctiva, and palate and its very rare in our geographical location.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35765285
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5977
pii: CCR35977
pmc: PMC9207230
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

e5977

Informations de copyright

© 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

None declared.

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Auteurs

Zephania Saitabau Abraham (ZS)

Department of Surgery University of Dodoma, School of Medicine and Dentistry Dodoma Tanzania.

Francis Zerd (F)

Department of Anatomical Pathology The Benjamin Mkapa Hospital Dodoma Tanzania.

Aveline Aloyce Kahinga (AA)

Department of Otorhinolaryngology Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences Dar es Salaam Tanzania.

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