Abstract
Rhinosporidiosis is an infection caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi. R. seeberi has recently been classified as a Mesomycetozoea, an aquatic protozoan parasite .we report a rare case of 45 year old male with conjunctival mass over left eye .surgical excision and histopathology examinitaion was done suggestive of conjunctival rhino sporidiosis.
Keywords: Rhinosporidiosis, Histopathology.
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Corresponding Author
Dr Bhushan Chaukhe
Junior Resident, Department of Ophthalmology
GMC Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v6i7.41
