Tracheobronchial rhinosporidiosis: an uncommon life‐threatening benign cause of airway obstruction
Abstract Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease caused by Mesomycetozoea Rhinosporidium seeberi. This highly recurrent polypoid lesion has a predilection for the nose and nasopharynx, although other organ systems may be affected. Involvement of the tracheobronchial tree is ve...
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| author | Nirmal Kanti Sarkar Md. Mofizur Rahman Mia Md. Rejaul Hasan |
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| description | Abstract Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease caused by Mesomycetozoea Rhinosporidium seeberi. This highly recurrent polypoid lesion has a predilection for the nose and nasopharynx, although other organ systems may be affected. Involvement of the tracheobronchial tree is very rare, and poses a challenge for diagnosis and management. In this report, we present a 30‐year‐old man with a history of recurrent nasal polyp who presented with cough, shortness of breath, haemoptysis, and a radiological feature of right lung collapse on imaging. He was diagnosed with rhinosporidiosis based on histopathological examination of bronchoscopic biopsy specimen taken from the right principal bronchial mass. Shortly after hospitalization, he developed acute respiratory distress requiring emergency bronchoscopic intervention. A pinkish mulberry‐like tracheal and right bronchial mass was removed endoscopically with cauterization of the base of the lesion. On long‐term follow‐up, the patient was free of symptoms without recurrence of airway disease. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fe82689f4c5346aebbc015199a4db15d2022-12-22T02:25:34ZengWileyRespirology Case Reports2051-33802020-10-0187n/an/a10.1002/rcr2.653Tracheobronchial rhinosporidiosis: an uncommon life‐threatening benign cause of airway obstructionNirmal Kanti Sarkar0Md. Mofizur Rahman Mia1Md. Rejaul Hasan2Department of Respiratory Medicine Mugda Medical College Dhaka BangladeshDepartment of Thoracic Surgery National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital Dhaka BangladeshDepartment of Anesthesiology National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital Dhaka BangladeshAbstract Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease caused by Mesomycetozoea Rhinosporidium seeberi. This highly recurrent polypoid lesion has a predilection for the nose and nasopharynx, although other organ systems may be affected. Involvement of the tracheobronchial tree is very rare, and poses a challenge for diagnosis and management. In this report, we present a 30‐year‐old man with a history of recurrent nasal polyp who presented with cough, shortness of breath, haemoptysis, and a radiological feature of right lung collapse on imaging. He was diagnosed with rhinosporidiosis based on histopathological examination of bronchoscopic biopsy specimen taken from the right principal bronchial mass. Shortly after hospitalization, he developed acute respiratory distress requiring emergency bronchoscopic intervention. A pinkish mulberry‐like tracheal and right bronchial mass was removed endoscopically with cauterization of the base of the lesion. On long‐term follow‐up, the patient was free of symptoms without recurrence of airway disease.https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.653Bronchoscopybronchuscauterizationrhinosporidiosistrachea |
| spellingShingle | Nirmal Kanti Sarkar Md. Mofizur Rahman Mia Md. Rejaul Hasan Tracheobronchial rhinosporidiosis: an uncommon life‐threatening benign cause of airway obstruction Respirology Case Reports Bronchoscopy bronchus cauterization rhinosporidiosis trachea |
| title | Tracheobronchial rhinosporidiosis: an uncommon life‐threatening benign cause of airway obstruction |
| title_full | Tracheobronchial rhinosporidiosis: an uncommon life‐threatening benign cause of airway obstruction |
| title_fullStr | Tracheobronchial rhinosporidiosis: an uncommon life‐threatening benign cause of airway obstruction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tracheobronchial rhinosporidiosis: an uncommon life‐threatening benign cause of airway obstruction |
| title_short | Tracheobronchial rhinosporidiosis: an uncommon life‐threatening benign cause of airway obstruction |
| title_sort | tracheobronchial rhinosporidiosis an uncommon life threatening benign cause of airway obstruction |
| topic | Bronchoscopy bronchus cauterization rhinosporidiosis trachea |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.653 |
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