Lesões molusco-símiles em paciente com esporotricose / Molluscum-like lesions in a patient with sporotrichosis
An. bras. dermatol
; 86(6): 1217-1219, nov.-dez. 2011. ilus
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RESUMO
Esporotricose é uma infecção fúngica subcutânea, adquirida por inoculação direta, causada pelo Sporothrix schenckii. Embora a apresentação clássica linfocutânea represente a maioria dos casos, as formas clínicas atípicas e graves têm aumentado em ocorrência. Esporotricose sistêmica e esporotricose cutânea disseminada são variantes raras, usualmente associadas à imunodeficiência celular ou a estados debilitantes. Relatamos o primeiro caso na literatura de lesões molusco-símiles em esporotricose cutaneomucosa múltipla. Os exames micológico direto e histopatológico apresentavam-se ricos em células leveduriformes.
ABSTRACT
Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous fungal infection caused by Sporothrix schenckii and acquired by direct inoculation. Although the majority of cases consist of the classic lymphocutaneous presentation, the frequency of atypical and severe clinical forms of the disease has increased progressively. Systemic and disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis constitute rare variants and such cases are generally associated with cellular immunodeficiency or debilitated states. The present paper describes the first published case of molluscum-like lesions in disseminated mucocutaneous sporotrichosis. Direct mycological examination and histopathology revealed numerous yeast cells.
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01-internacional
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Sporotrichosis
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Sporothrix
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Brasil
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Pt
Journal:
An. bras. dermatol
Journal subject:
DERMATOLOGIA
Year:
2011
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Country of publication:
Brazil