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Deep Fungal Infections of Skin and Role of Histopathology in Diagnosis.
Indian J Dermatol
October 2024
Department of Dermatology, Institute of Child Health, Kolkata, India.
Introduction: Deep mycoses acquired by penetrating trauma to the skin can have varied and sometimes atypical morphological presentations resulting in diagnostic dilemmas and delay in treatment onset. Histopathology can be a useful tool in not only diagnosing but also differentiating various deep mycoses.
Aims And Objectives: To observe various morphological presentations and histopathological features of deep fungal infections.
Successful Management of Rhinofacial Conidiobolus coronatus Infection with Itraconazole Monotherapy.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
January 2025
Department of Pathology, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India.
There are no standard guidelines on the management of Conidiobolus infections, and many antifungals have been used, either alone or in combination. Relapses are common even after successful management. Although localized, they can result in severe facial disfigurement and may rarely cause disseminated entomophthoromycosis, which can have fatal complications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHuman cutaneous pythiosis: A case report.
J Cutan Pathol
December 2024
Department of Dermatology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Human pythiosis is a rarely encountered yet potentially harmful infectious disease. It is mostly caused by Pythium insidiosum, an aquatic fungal-like organism, and primarily manifests in tropical locales such as India and Thailand. Cutaneous/subcutaneous pythiosis accounts for a small proportion of all clinical forms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMasquerading fungal bowel mass in an adolescent: a clinicopathological challenge.
BMJ Case Rep
March 2024
Pathology, NITTE Deemed to be University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Abdominal masses clubbed with weight loss in the paediatric age group can raise hairs, especially since malignancy is a differential. We present the case of an early adolescent male who presented with abdominal pain and was found to have a mass mimicking a malignancy. The resected surgical specimen revealed entomophthoromycosis of the jejunum and he made a complete recovery following surgery and adjuvant itraconazole.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Conidiobolomycosis (rhinofacial entomophthoromycosis) in Gabon. About of one case].
Med Trop Sante Int
December 2023
Service de dermatologie, CHU de Libreville, Libreville, Gabon.
Background: Entomophthoromycosis constitutes a nosological group of subcutaneous mycoses including conidiobolomycosis (rhinofacial form) and basidiobomomycosis (subcutaneous form involving the trunk and the limbs). Conidiobolomycosis is characterized by a progressive nasal and facial deformity giving, in the evolved forms, a "hippopotamus snout". The literature review finds a hundred cases, with a tropism for the humid tropical regions.
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