Basidiobolomycosis: Case report and literature overview
Basidiobolomycosis or subcutaneous zygomycosis or subcutaneous phycomycosis is a chronic granulomatous infection of skin and subcutaneous tissue, caused by a saprophytic filamentous fungus, Basidiobolus ranarum, clinically characterized by firm, painless subcutaneous swelling with smooth and rounded...
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| description | Basidiobolomycosis or subcutaneous zygomycosis or subcutaneous phycomycosis is a chronic granulomatous infection of skin and subcutaneous tissue, caused by a saprophytic filamentous fungus, Basidiobolus ranarum, clinically characterized by firm, painless subcutaneous swelling with smooth and rounded edges. Histopathological features include the peculiar Splendore–Hoeppli phenomenon. Culture on Sabouraud dextrose agar shows creamy white, heaped up, and furrowed colonies. This entity has been reported from tropical and subtropical regions of the world and the southern part of India. We report a case of Basidiobolomycosis in a seven-year-old girl from Eastern India, which was excised twice before presenting to us. We diagnosed the case as Basidiobolomycosis based on clinical features, histopathology, and culture findings, and treated it with itraconazole. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ea0cc716bf7849be9786018a472606d72022-12-21T22:56:40ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Dermatology Online Journal2229-51782021-01-0112230731110.4103/idoj.IDOJ_456_20Basidiobolomycosis: Case report and literature overviewMitanjali SethySatyajit SahuSuvigya SachanBasidiobolomycosis or subcutaneous zygomycosis or subcutaneous phycomycosis is a chronic granulomatous infection of skin and subcutaneous tissue, caused by a saprophytic filamentous fungus, Basidiobolus ranarum, clinically characterized by firm, painless subcutaneous swelling with smooth and rounded edges. Histopathological features include the peculiar Splendore–Hoeppli phenomenon. Culture on Sabouraud dextrose agar shows creamy white, heaped up, and furrowed colonies. This entity has been reported from tropical and subtropical regions of the world and the southern part of India. We report a case of Basidiobolomycosis in a seven-year-old girl from Eastern India, which was excised twice before presenting to us. We diagnosed the case as Basidiobolomycosis based on clinical features, histopathology, and culture findings, and treated it with itraconazole.http://www.idoj.in/article.asp?issn=2229-5178;year=2021;volume=12;issue=2;spage=307;epage=311;aulast=Sethybasidiobolomycosisbasidiobolus ranarumitraconazolesubcutaneous phycomycosissubcutaneous zygomycosis |
| spellingShingle | Mitanjali Sethy Satyajit Sahu Suvigya Sachan Basidiobolomycosis: Case report and literature overview Indian Dermatology Online Journal basidiobolomycosis basidiobolus ranarum itraconazole subcutaneous phycomycosis subcutaneous zygomycosis |
| title | Basidiobolomycosis: Case report and literature overview |
| title_full | Basidiobolomycosis: Case report and literature overview |
| title_fullStr | Basidiobolomycosis: Case report and literature overview |
| title_full_unstemmed | Basidiobolomycosis: Case report and literature overview |
| title_short | Basidiobolomycosis: Case report and literature overview |
| title_sort | basidiobolomycosis case report and literature overview |
| topic | basidiobolomycosis basidiobolus ranarum itraconazole subcutaneous phycomycosis subcutaneous zygomycosis |
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