Conjunctival rhinosporidiosis: a case report from a Congolese patient
Kaimbo, K.Wa.D.; Parys-Van Ginderdeuren, R.
Bulletin de la Societe Belge d'Ophtalmologie 2008(309-310): 19-22
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0081-0746 PMID: 19198547 Document Number: 627885
This report describes a case of conjunctival rhinosporidiosis. A 10-year old Congolese boy (from DR Congo), presented in May 2003 with a history of a growing mass of the conjunctiva protruding through the palpebral aperture. Examination showed conjunctival polypoid mass with muco-purulent discharge from the affected eye. After surgical excision of the lesion, the microscopic diagnosis was rhinosporidiosis. Rhinosporidiosis is a condition which both clinicians and pathologists should keep in mind when managing patients living in or coming from endemic countries with conjunctival masses.