Disseminated Cutaneous Rhinosporidiosis : A Rare Case Presentation

Abstract

Rhinosporidiosis is a granulomatous illness of the mucous membranes of humans that causes polyposis in the nasal mucosa, conjunctiva, and other areas. Rhinosporidium seeberi causes the infection. We present the case of a 71-year-old man who has had several cutaneous painless nodular lesions over the right side of abdomen, left shoulder, back and over the medial aspect of right thigh since 5 years. He had previously undergone nasal surgery for nasal obstruction. The image of cutaneous rhinosporidiosis was revealed by a potassium hydroxide mount and histological testing. This case underscores that disseminated rhinosporidiosis has to be suspected with papillomatous lesions of skin associated with pharyngeal lesions.