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Rhinosporidiosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

T. Mears  and
C. Amerasinghe
T. Mears*
Affiliation:
London
C. Amerasinghe
Affiliation:
London
*
Dr T. P. Mears, Department of Histopathology, Mayday University Hospital, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR4 7YE.
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Abstract

Rhinosporidiosis is the disease resulting from infection by Rhinosporidiosum seeberi, an organism endemic in the Indian sub-continent, but rarely seen in the United Kingdom.

We describe the clinio-pathological features of a case presenting in a 14-year-old female.

Keywords

Rhinosporidiosis
Type
View from Beneath: Pathology in Focus
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 106 , Issue 5 , May 1992 , pp. 467
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1992

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