An instance of excellent response of subcutaneous zygomycosis to itraconazole monotherapy
Subcutaneous zygomycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum. This entity is usually endemic in South India and only limited numbers of cases have been reported from central India. We report a case of 4-year-old male child from Chhattisgarh, who presented with a painless, non-t...
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| author | Priyadarshini Patro Padma Das Divya Sachdev Nitinkumar Borkar Satyaki Ganguly Nighat Hussain |
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| description | Subcutaneous zygomycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum. This entity is usually endemic in South India and only limited numbers of cases have been reported from central India. We report a case of 4-year-old male child from Chhattisgarh, who presented with a painless, non-tender, large, subcutaneous swelling of 4 months duration on the right upper arm, which was initially misdiagnosed as benign spindle cell tumor and advised surgical resection. But the fungal culture of the affected tissue grown Basidiobolus ranarum and the child responded very well to itraconazole therapy only. Keywords: Basidiobolus ranarum, Subcutaneous zygomycosis, Fungal infection, Spindle cell tumor, Itraconazole therapy |
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| spelling | doaj.art-37d69eda5d1d47c492a4c399210b66d62022-12-22T02:01:41ZengElsevierMedical Mycology Case Reports2211-75392019-06-01241317An instance of excellent response of subcutaneous zygomycosis to itraconazole monotherapyPriyadarshini Patro0Padma Das1Divya Sachdev2Nitinkumar Borkar3Satyaki Ganguly4Nighat Hussain5Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, 492099, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, 492099, India; Corresponding author.Department of Dermatology and Venerology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, 492099, IndiaDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, 492099, IndiaDepartment of Dermatology and Venerology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, 492099, IndiaDepartment of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, 492099, IndiaSubcutaneous zygomycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum. This entity is usually endemic in South India and only limited numbers of cases have been reported from central India. We report a case of 4-year-old male child from Chhattisgarh, who presented with a painless, non-tender, large, subcutaneous swelling of 4 months duration on the right upper arm, which was initially misdiagnosed as benign spindle cell tumor and advised surgical resection. But the fungal culture of the affected tissue grown Basidiobolus ranarum and the child responded very well to itraconazole therapy only. Keywords: Basidiobolus ranarum, Subcutaneous zygomycosis, Fungal infection, Spindle cell tumor, Itraconazole therapyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753918301465 |
| spellingShingle | Priyadarshini Patro Padma Das Divya Sachdev Nitinkumar Borkar Satyaki Ganguly Nighat Hussain An instance of excellent response of subcutaneous zygomycosis to itraconazole monotherapy Medical Mycology Case Reports |
| title | An instance of excellent response of subcutaneous zygomycosis to itraconazole monotherapy |
| title_full | An instance of excellent response of subcutaneous zygomycosis to itraconazole monotherapy |
| title_fullStr | An instance of excellent response of subcutaneous zygomycosis to itraconazole monotherapy |
| title_full_unstemmed | An instance of excellent response of subcutaneous zygomycosis to itraconazole monotherapy |
| title_short | An instance of excellent response of subcutaneous zygomycosis to itraconazole monotherapy |
| title_sort | instance of excellent response of subcutaneous zygomycosis to itraconazole monotherapy |
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