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Rare disease
CASE REPORT
Rhinofacialentomophthoromycosis
  1. Shalini Menon1,
  2. Kailesh Pujary1,
  3. Ranjini Kudva2,
  4. Balakrishnan Ramaswamy3
  1. 1Head and Neck surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
  2. 2Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
  3. 3ENT, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Shalini Menon, shalini.menon084{at}gmail.com

Summary

Entomopthoromycosis is a rare subcutaneous fungal infection caused by onidiobolus coronatus affecting mainly the upper respiratory mucosa in immunocompetent people.The manifestations of this disease masquerades other clinical entities.Hence, high index of suspicion is required for prompt diagnosis.Histopathological examination and culture are the gold standard diagnostic tools, however no standard treatment protocols ha been mentioned in literature.We present a case of rhinofacial entomopthoromycosis in a yearold ma with a leftsided rhinofacial swelling to highlight the presence of this unusual fungal infection and its treatment.

  • ear, nose and throat
  • infections

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-223608

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors SM is the corresponding author who was involved in collecting the clinical data and drafting the article. SM is also the assistant surgeon involved in the management of the case. KP is the principal surgeon of the case and has reviewed the article with necessary inputs. RK is the pathologist reporting the case. BR was involved in the overall management of the case and has reviewed the final article.

    • Funding This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.