Gaines J J, Clay J R, Chandler F W, Powell M E, Sheffield P A, Keller A P
Department of Pathology, St. Mary's Hospital, Athens, Ga 30606, USA.
South Med J. 1996 Jan;89(1):65-7. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199601000-00011.
Three cases of rhinosporidiosis in Americans who had not traveled abroad are reported. We believe this is the largest cluster of indigenous cases reported in the United States. The three patients had lived in rural northeast Georgia all of their lives. One had a polypoid conjunctival lesion, and the two others had nasal polyps. In each case, the diagnosis was made by demonstrating morphologically distinctive fungal elements in histopathologic sections. Clinically, rhinosporidiosis had not been suspected.
报告了3例未曾出过国的美国人患鼻孢子虫病的病例。我们认为这是美国报告的最大一组本土病例。这3名患者一生都生活在佐治亚州东北部的农村地区。1例有息肉样结膜病变，另外2例有鼻息肉。在每例病例中，通过在组织病理学切片中显示形态独特的真菌成分做出诊断。临床上，此前并未怀疑患有鼻孢子虫病。
