A Case of Cutaneous Protothecosis.
10.5021/ad.1996.8.3.206
- Author:
Jong Kyu YANG
;
In Gang JANG
;
Young Min PARK
;
Tae Yoon KIM
;
Hyung Ok KIM
;
Chung Won KIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cutaneous protothecosis;
Prototheca wickerhamii
- MeSH:
Aged, 80 and over;
Biopsy;
Dermis;
Female;
Forearm;
Humans;
Itraconazole;
Plastids;
Prototheca;
Skin;
Soft Tissue Infections;
Sporangia;
Spores
- From:Annals of Dermatology
1996;8(3):206-210
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Protothecosis is a rare cutaneous soft tissue infection caused by the genus prototheca, most commonly Prototheca wickerhatmii. An 80-year-old woman has had a painful or tender, non-healing, eczematous plaque on the extensor surface of the left forearm for 4 years. A biopsy specimen revealed the characteristic thick-walled morulalike sporangia in the dermis. P. wickerha mili was isolated in the culture and the biochemical studies. Electron microscopic examination showed the thick-walled spores containing dark dense bodies and amyloplasts. Oral itraconazole therapy for 4 weeks resulted-in a marked improvement of the skin lesion.