Mycosis fungoides-like lesions in a patient with diffuse cutaneous sporotrichosis.
Background Sporotrichosis is a subacute or chronic mycosis acquired by traumatic inoculation or inhalation of fungal conidia. It is caused by the dimorphic fungus Sporothrix , which causes different clinical presentations, being the cutaneous and lymphocutaneous variants being the most frequent. The...
| Publicado en: | Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 200 - 204 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lth&AN=109218932&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: lth uiTerm: 109218932 longDbName: MedicLatina uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 11301406 PVP jtl: Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia issn: 11301406 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul-Sep2015 vid: 32 iid: 3 pid: 467 pub: Elsevier B.V. artinfo: ui: 109218932 10.1016/j.riam.2014.06.009 ppf: 200 ppct: 4 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: T tig: atl: Mycosis fungoides-like lesions in a patient with diffuse cutaneous sporotrichosis. aug: au: Sánchez, Adriana Cotino Torres-Alvarez, Bertha Morales, Teodoro Gurrola Martínez, Silvia Méndez Gárate, Mauricio Saucedo Castanedo-Cazares, Juan Pablo affil: Department of Pathology, Hospital General de Durango, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Durango, Mexico Department of Dermatology, Hospital Central Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico su: Sporotrichosis Dermatomycoses Itraconazole Fungi imperfecti Diseases in people with alcoholism Epidemiology Therapeutics Mexico sug: subj: Mexico Sporotrichosis Dermatomycoses Itraconazole Fungi imperfecti Diseases in people with alcoholism Epidemiology Therapeutics keyword: Esporotricosis Itraconazol Micosis fungoide Mycosis fungoides Sporothrix schenckii Esporotricosis Itraconazol Itraconazole Micosis fungoide Mycosis fungoides Sporothrix schenckii Sporotrichosis ab: Background Sporotrichosis is a subacute or chronic mycosis acquired by traumatic inoculation or inhalation of fungal conidia. It is caused by the dimorphic fungus Sporothrix , which causes different clinical presentations, being the cutaneous and lymphocutaneous variants being the most frequent. The disseminated cutaneous form is a rare presentation occurring in a minority of cases in Mexico. Case report We report an atypical case of disseminated sporotrichosis in an alcoholic and iatrogenically immunosuppressed patient, whose clinical lesions resembled tumoral-stage mycosis fungoides. Histological examination and culture revealed the presence of Sporothrix schenckii . Conclusions The patient was treated with itraconazole 200 mg per day for 4 months with clinical resolution. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of this type of clinical manifestation. Resumen Antecedentes La esporotricosis es una micosis subaguda o crónica adquirida por inoculación traumática o inhalación de conidias fúngicas. Está causada por el hongo dimórfico Sporothrix , y puede presentar distintas manifestaciones clínicas, si bien las variantes linfocutánea y cutánea son las más frecuentes. La forma cutánea diseminada es una presentación infrecuente que se ha observado en una minoría de casos en México. Caso clínico Informamos de un caso atípico de esporotricosis diseminada en un paciente alcohólico y con inmunosupresión iatrogénica, cuyas lesiones se asemejaban a una micosis fungoide en fase tumoral. La observación histológica y el cultivo demostraron la presencia de Sporothrix schenckii . Conclusiones El paciente fue tratado con 200 mg de itraconazol diarios durante 4 meses con resolución clínica. Este es el primer informe en relación con esta manifestación clínica. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Case Study src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia is the property of Elsevier B.V. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia holder: Elsevier B.V. dt: @attributes: year: 2015 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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