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Look before you leap: A case series of conidiobolomycosis from the Indian subcontinent

Conidiobolomycosis is an extremely rare subcutaneous rhinofacial indolent infection caused by Conidiobolus coronatus and Conidiobolus incongruus. It is reported mainly from the tropical and subtropical parts of the world, mostly in form of isolated case reports or small case series. Two immunocompet...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Nitin, Kumar, Rajeev, Ramteke, Prashant, Soneja, Manish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6259523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30598971
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_167_18
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description Conidiobolomycosis is an extremely rare subcutaneous rhinofacial indolent infection caused by Conidiobolus coronatus and Conidiobolus incongruus. It is reported mainly from the tropical and subtropical parts of the world, mostly in form of isolated case reports or small case series. Two immunocompetent male patients presented to our center with indolent nasal swelling and features of nasal obstruction. They were treated outside with antibiotics and/or steroids and were referred to us with nonresolving symptoms. Both of them were diagnosed based on the characteristic histopathological findings and were successfully treated with saturated solution of potassium iodide. Conidiobolomycosis is an important differential in patients presenting with centrofacial swelling. Early suspicion and timely referral by the primary care physicians will help in early diagnosis and treatment of this disease.
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spelling pubmed-62595232018-12-31 Look before you leap: A case series of conidiobolomycosis from the Indian subcontinent Gupta, Nitin Kumar, Rajeev Ramteke, Prashant Soneja, Manish J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Conidiobolomycosis is an extremely rare subcutaneous rhinofacial indolent infection caused by Conidiobolus coronatus and Conidiobolus incongruus. It is reported mainly from the tropical and subtropical parts of the world, mostly in form of isolated case reports or small case series. Two immunocompetent male patients presented to our center with indolent nasal swelling and features of nasal obstruction. They were treated outside with antibiotics and/or steroids and were referred to us with nonresolving symptoms. Both of them were diagnosed based on the characteristic histopathological findings and were successfully treated with saturated solution of potassium iodide. Conidiobolomycosis is an important differential in patients presenting with centrofacial swelling. Early suspicion and timely referral by the primary care physicians will help in early diagnosis and treatment of this disease. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6259523/ /pubmed/30598971 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_167_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Look before you leap: A case series of conidiobolomycosis from the Indian subcontinent
title_sort look before you leap: a case series of conidiobolomycosis from the indian subcontinent
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6259523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30598971
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_167_18
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