Title |
Ocular rhinosporidiosis with staphyloma formation: a case with unusual features
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Published in |
Eye and Brain, January 2011
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DOI | 10.2147/eb.s13342 |
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Authors |
Tissa Senaratne, Kapila Edussuriya, Mangala Dhanapala, Ashoka Bandara, Sarath Arseculeratne |
Abstract |
A case of ocular (bulbar) rhinosporidiosis is described; its unusual features included a) the rapid development of a primary, rhinosporidial lesion with a scleral staphyloma, close to but noncontiguous with the rhinosporidial lesion, 3 weeks after exposure to a lacustrine reservoir, the putative source of the pathogen Rhinosporidium seeberi; b) ocular coherence tomography which revealed no retinal abnormalities unlike in previous cases reported from Sri Lanka; c) atypical histopathology that resulted in an initial mis-diagnosis of chronic inflammation with mucus cysts and a missed diagnosis of rhinosporidiosis; the rhinosporidial etiology was confirmed on replicate histopathological sections of the ocular mass. The pitfalls of histopathological diagnosis of rhinosporidiosis are pointed out. |
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