[Rhinosporidiosis. A rare cause of nosebleed].

Due to an increasing number of non-European patients and tourists travelling in endemic aras, "exotic" mycosis and other tropical diseases must be considered in differential diagnosis. In this report we present a patient with epistaxis caused by rhinosporidiosis, an endemic disease in South India and Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and quite rare in Europe. This chronic inflammatory disease characterized by hyperplastic polypoid lesions of the mucous membrane, predominantly nasal, is caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi, a parasite with a complicated life cycle and an uncertain taxonomy. The commonest and often the presenting symptom is epistaxis. The treatment of choice is surgery with risks of recurrence.