Dermoscopic Findings and the Histopathological Correlation of a Case of Cutaneous Rhinosporidiosis

A 35‐year‐old male presented with a rapidly growing skin lesion over the posterior aspect of the right leg for the past 3 months. There was a history of occasional bleeding after minor trauma. There was a large exophytic friable growth [Figure 1a] with a moist surface and crusts at places on examination. A similar but smaller growth was present adjacent to it, with multiple small crusted nodules surrounding them. These were aggregated in the posterior aspect of the right leg only. His nasal cavity [Figure 1b] showed a bilateral polypoidal mass with a strawberry appearance with a similar sizeable polypoidal mass in the oral cavity [Figure 1c].

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