Cutaneous mucormycosis in a young, immunocompetent girl

We report a case of cutaneous mucormycosis in a healthy, immunocompetent young girl (age 14 years). The patient had a 5-year history of a slowly enlarging, erythematous plaque with slight elevated, scaling, circinate borders on the right thigh. Histopathology showed a granulomatous infiltrate with b...

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Published inMedical mycology (Oxford) Vol. 44; no. 6; p. 567
Main Authors de Oliveira-Neto, Manoel Paes, Da Silva, Manuela, Fialho Monteiro, Paulo Cezar, Lazera, Márcia, de Almeida Paes, Rodrigo, Novellino, Anna Beatriz, Cuzzi, Tulia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.09.2006
Subjects
Adolescent
Female
Humans
Immunocompetence
Mucor - classification
Mucor - isolation & purification
Mucormycosis - diagnosis
Mucormycosis - etiology
Mucormycosis - pathology
Thigh
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Summary:We report a case of cutaneous mucormycosis in a healthy, immunocompetent young girl (age 14 years). The patient had a 5-year history of a slowly enlarging, erythematous plaque with slight elevated, scaling, circinate borders on the right thigh. Histopathology showed a granulomatous infiltrate with broad, pale, non-septate hyphae. Mycological study identified Mucor hiemalis (Wehmer).
ISSN:1369-3786
DOI:10.1080/13693780600622411