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Rhinosporidiosis associated with squamous cell carcinoma in the tongue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Karvita B. Ahluwalia  and
S. Bahadur
Karvita B. Ahluwalia*
Affiliation:
Departments of Biophysics (Electron Microscope Section), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
S. Bahadur
Affiliation:
Departments of Otorhinolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
*
Dr Karvita B. Ahluwalia, Electron Microscope Section, Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India.
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Abstract

The peritumoural region of a squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue when examined with light and electron microscope showed nodular bodies in the submucosa with all the distinctive features of ‘sporangium’ and ‘spores’ of rhinosporidiosis. The occurrence of rhinosporidiosis in the tongue along with malignancy has not been reported hitherto. Some interesting observations and causal relationships are discussed.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 104 , Issue 8 , August 1990 , pp. 648 - 650
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1990

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