title: Oculosporidiosis in eastern Nepal: a report of five cases.
abstract: Rhinosporidiosis is endemic in India, Sri Lanka, and parts of East Africa and South America; sporadic cases are reported in other countries. We report on five patients from eastern Nepal with oculosporidiosis. The conjunctiva was involved in two patients and the lacrimal sac was involved in three patients; treatment was by simple total excision of the conjunctivalgrowth (patients with conjunctival involvement) and by dacryocystectomy (patients with lacrimal sac involvement). This is the second case report from Nepal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
authors.forename: Sanjay Kumar Daulat
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.forename: Shatrughan Prasad
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Sah
authors.forename: Badri Prasad
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Badhu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D012227:Rhinosporidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery