Case report of subcutaneous entomophthoromycosis with retroperitoneal invasion

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Secretaria de Estado de Saúde do Distrito Federal, Brasília¹  Universidade de Brasília, Brasília¹  Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de¹  Vianna, Leonora Maciel de Souza¹  Moraes, Mário Augusto Pinto de¹ 

关键词: Basidiobolus ranarum;    Zygomycosis;    Entomophthorales;    Clinical features;    Histopathology;    Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822005000400014

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

The authors describe a case of entomophthoromycosis in a previously healthy patient, who presented with an abscess in the right buttock. After surgical drainage it evolved into a retroperitoneal tumor. The patient improved clinically after resection of the mass and ketoconazole treatment. The histopathological analysis showed the Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon, suggesting Basidiobolus ranarum infection, a zygomycosis generally restricted to the subcutaneous tissue, with rare gastrointestinal involvement.

【 授权许可】

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