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Volume 30, Number 4—April 2024
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Case Report of Nasal Rhinosporidiosis in South Africa

Huzaifah Mayet, Denasha L. Reddy, Tika Bello Alvarez, Yahya Atiya, Nelesh P. Govender, Monica BirkheadComments to Author , Tsidiso Maphanga, and Sugeshnee Pather
Author affiliations: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (H. Mayet, D.L. Reddy, T. Bello Alvarez, Y. Atiya, N.P. Govender, S. Pather); Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg (H. Mayet, D.L. Reddy, T. Bello Alvarez, Y. Atiya, S. Pather); St George’s University of London, London, UK (N.P. Govender); University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa (N.P. Govender); University of Exeter, Exeter, UK (N.P. Govender); National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg (N.P. Govender, M. Birkhead, T. Maphanga); National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg (S. Pather)

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Figure 1

Results of testing in a 24-year-old Black woman with rhinosporidiosis, South Africa. Squamous mucosa with numerous thick-walled sporangia in the subepithelial region amid subacute inflammation. Hematoxylin and eosin stained section; original magnification ×100. Upper right inset shows polypoid solid fragments of tissue; lower left inset depicts sporangia enclosing endospores maturing centripetally (white arrow). Insets: original magnification ×200.

Figure 1. Results of testing in a 24-year-old Black woman with rhinosporidiosis, South Africa. Squamous mucosa with numerous thick-walled sporangia in the subepithelial region amid subacute inflammation. Hematoxylin and eosin stained section; original magnification ×100. Upper right inset shows polypoid solid fragments of tissue; lower left inset depicts sporangia enclosing endospores maturing centripetally (white arrow). Insets: original magnification ×200.

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