title: Disseminated cutaneous rhinosporidiomas in an immunocompetent male.
abstract: Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic recurrent infective granulomatous disease of man and animals. It is endemic in India and Sri Lanka. Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic disease commonly involving the nose and nasopharynx. Cutaneous lesions, although rare, can occur due to autoinoculation or due to hematogenous spread. However, disseminated cutaneous lesions presenting as tumor-like swellings are rare. We report here a 48-year-old immunocompetent patient who had disseminated painless cutaneous tumor-like swellings over both the upper limbs, abdomen, left buttock and calf since 10 months, gradually increasing in size. On inquiring, the patient gave history of excisions and electrocauterization of subglottic and nasal polyps. Histopathological examination of these lesions was suggestive of rhinosporidiosis. The general and systemic examinations of the patient did not reveal any abnormality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, B. J. Medical College and Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune, Maharashatra, India. suniltolat@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Sunil N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Tolat
authors.forename: Neeta R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Gokhale
authors.forename: Vasudha A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Belgaumkar
authors.forename: Shekhar N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Pradhan
authors.forename: Nilesh R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Birud
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004550:Elbow / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007013:Hypopharynx / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012227:Rhinosporidiosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012228:Rhinosporidium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed