Rapid Resolution of Subcutaneous Phycomycosis in a Child: A Case Report

Subcutaneous phycomycosis is a rare saprophytic fungal infection. We herein report a case of subcutaneous phycomycosis with stony hard swelling on the chest wall as an unusual site of infection. Diagnosis was made based on the clinical, histopathological, and culture studies. Oral treatment with itr...

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Autores principales: Ankad, Balachandra Suryakant, Koti, Varsha R, Nagathan, Vikram, Janagond, Anand B, Nikam, Balkrishna P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9764936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36561414
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_93_21
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author Ankad, Balachandra Suryakant
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description Subcutaneous phycomycosis is a rare saprophytic fungal infection. We herein report a case of subcutaneous phycomycosis with stony hard swelling on the chest wall as an unusual site of infection. Diagnosis was made based on the clinical, histopathological, and culture studies. Oral treatment with itraconazole resulted in rapid resolution of lesion.
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spelling pubmed-97649362022-12-21 Rapid Resolution of Subcutaneous Phycomycosis in a Child: A Case Report Ankad, Balachandra Suryakant Koti, Varsha R Nagathan, Vikram Janagond, Anand B Nikam, Balkrishna P J Cutan Aesthet Surg Case Reports Subcutaneous phycomycosis is a rare saprophytic fungal infection. We herein report a case of subcutaneous phycomycosis with stony hard swelling on the chest wall as an unusual site of infection. Diagnosis was made based on the clinical, histopathological, and culture studies. Oral treatment with itraconazole resulted in rapid resolution of lesion. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9764936/ /pubmed/36561414 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_93_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery https://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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