Subcutaneous Zygomycosis: A Report of One Case Responding Excellently to Potassium Iodide

Subcutaneous Zygomycosis is a rare opportunistic fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum. Though this entity is endemic in South India, limited numbers of cases have been reported from this part of the country. We report a case of subcutaneous zygomycosis in a 25 year old lady who presented...

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Autores principales: Mondal, Ashim Kr, Saha, Abhijit, Seth, Joly, Mukherjee, Soumya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4601422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26538702
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.164376
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author Mondal, Ashim Kr
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description Subcutaneous Zygomycosis is a rare opportunistic fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum. Though this entity is endemic in South India, limited numbers of cases have been reported from this part of the country. We report a case of subcutaneous zygomycosis in a 25 year old lady who presented with a nontender, firm to hard swelling over the upper-left arm. Finger was easily inserted below the indurated edge. Histopathology revealed suppurative granuloma with aseptate hyphae. Patient responded excellently to saturated solution of potassium iodide in subsequent visits.
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spelling pubmed-46014222015-11-04 Subcutaneous Zygomycosis: A Report of One Case Responding Excellently to Potassium Iodide Mondal, Ashim Kr Saha, Abhijit Seth, Joly Mukherjee, Soumya Indian J Dermatol Case Report Subcutaneous Zygomycosis is a rare opportunistic fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum. Though this entity is endemic in South India, limited numbers of cases have been reported from this part of the country. We report a case of subcutaneous zygomycosis in a 25 year old lady who presented with a nontender, firm to hard swelling over the upper-left arm. Finger was easily inserted below the indurated edge. Histopathology revealed suppurative granuloma with aseptate hyphae. Patient responded excellently to saturated solution of potassium iodide in subsequent visits. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4601422/ /pubmed/26538702 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.164376 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4601422/
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