Rhinosporidiosis of the parotid duct presenting as a parotid duct cyst - A report of three cases

• Published in: Indian journal of medical microbiology Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 108 - 111
• Main Authors: Sudarshan, V, Gahine, R, Daharwal, A, Kujur, P, Hussain, N, Krishnani, C, Tiwari, S K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Association of Medical Microbiology 01.01.2012; Elsevier B.V; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Animals; Cysts; Cysts - pathology; Female; Histocytochemistry; Histopathology; Histopathology, parotid duct, rhinosporidiosis; Humans; India; Lymphocytes; Male; Middle Aged; parotid duct; Parotid Gland - pathology; rhinosporidiosis; Rhinosporidiosis - diagnosis; Rhinosporidium - isolation & purification; Ribosomal DNA; Salivary Ducts - pathology; Skin; Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka; India; parotid duct; rhinosporidiosis; Histopathology
• ISSN: 0255-0857; 1998-3646
• DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.93079

Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi . Rhinosporidiosis has been reported from many countries but is endemic in certain parts of India and Sri Lanka. The common sites of involvement are the nose and nasopharynx followed by ocular tissue. Rhinosporidiosis is also known to involve many rare sites and may become disseminated to occur in a generalized form. Rhinosporidiosis of the parotid duct is rare and only five reported cases could be found in the literature. We report three cases of rhinosporidiosis of parotid duct presenting clinically as a parotid duct cyst. Rhinosporidiosis was diagnosed by histopathology. None of these patients had rhinosporidiosis at any other site