Infestation of the lacrimal sac by Rhinosporidium seeberi: A clinicopathological case report

Rhinosporidium seeberi, till recently known as a fungus, has been reclassified as a protistan parasite. It infects humans and many animal species. The authors describe a rare case of oculosporidiosis with involvement of the lacrimal sac exhibiting features of idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease...

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Autores principales: Mukherjee, Bipasha, Mohan, Ashwin, Sumathi, V, Biswas, Jyotirmay
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3853458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24212311
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.121084
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author Mukherjee, Bipasha
Mohan, Ashwin
Sumathi, V
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description Rhinosporidium seeberi, till recently known as a fungus, has been reclassified as a protistan parasite. It infects humans and many animal species. The authors describe a rare case of oculosporidiosis with involvement of the lacrimal sac exhibiting features of idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease in a young male patient. Clinical features, pathophysiology, and management of lacrimal sac rhinosporidiosis have been discussed.
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spelling pubmed-38534582013-12-16 Infestation of the lacrimal sac by Rhinosporidium seeberi: A clinicopathological case report Mukherjee, Bipasha Mohan, Ashwin Sumathi, V Biswas, Jyotirmay Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Communication Rhinosporidium seeberi, till recently known as a fungus, has been reclassified as a protistan parasite. It infects humans and many animal species. The authors describe a rare case of oculosporidiosis with involvement of the lacrimal sac exhibiting features of idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease in a young male patient. Clinical features, pathophysiology, and management of lacrimal sac rhinosporidiosis have been discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3853458/ /pubmed/24212311 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.121084 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Infestation of the lacrimal sac by Rhinosporidium seeberi: A clinicopathological case report
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title_short Infestation of the lacrimal sac by Rhinosporidium seeberi: A clinicopathological case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3853458/
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