Histopathologically Confirmed Nasal Rhinosporidiosis in an Adolescent Male Presenting with Long-Standing Right-Sided Nasal Obstruction and Epistaxis: A Case Report
Fahma Aden Mohamed, Abdishakur Mohamed Karim, Geoffrey Tabu · 2026
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Fahma Mohamed, Abdishakur Karim, and Geoffrey Tabu reported in 2026 a confirmed case of rhinosporidiosis, a chronic nasal infection, in a teenage boy. The disease, caused by an organism that lives in water, grows as a fragile polyp inside the nose or throat. One-sided blockage and repeated nosebleeds are its calling cards, and tissue study is what proves it.
The patient, seventeen, had five years of worsening right-sided blockage and bleeding. The mass grew until it pushed out of the nostril. He had often swum and played in a nearby pond before symptoms began, a classic exposure. Blood counts in the report were unremarkable in the values given. Readers get a diagnostic portrait from a low-resource setting: a slow five-year course, and a microscope verdict that settles the name.
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| CREATOR | Fahma Aden Mohamed, Abdishakur Mohamed Karim, Geoffrey Tabu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 14 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |