Varicella gangrenosa: A rare chickenpox complication.

Varicella gangrenosa is a rare but life-threatening dermatological complication of infection with varicella-zoster virus. A healthy 37-year-old male who had been diagnosed with varicella 20 days back was admitted to our hospital with complaints of fever and painful necrotic skin lesions. Physical examination revealed multiple round to oval ulcers covered with eschar predominantly over arms, lower limbs, back of trunk and flanks.

Mycetoma-like chromoblastomycosis: a diagnostic dilemma.

Objectives: Mycetoma and chromoblastomycosis are subcutaneous fungal infections caused by pigmented fungi, common in the tropics and subtropics. Here we report a pregnant woman who presented with a swelling around the ankle joint which was clinically diagnosed as a case of mycetoma; however, further investigations revealed it to be a case of chromoblastomycosis.

Methods: 24 year old primigravida presented with an indurated swelling around the ankle joint with multiple nodules and sinuses draining serosanguinous discharge.

African histoplasmosis: the first report of an indigenous case in India.

Objectives: African histoplasmosis, caused by Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii, is an invasive fungal infection endemic in Central and West Africa. Cases seen outside Africa are generally imported.