A Case of Cutaneous Mucormycosis in a patient with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia.
- Author:
Sang Hak LEE
;
Hee Chul EUN
;
Yoo Shin LEE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Acute lymphocytic leukemia;
Cutaneous mucormycosis
- MeSH:
Agar;
Amphotericin B;
Cycloheximide;
Dermis;
Diagnosis;
Fungi;
Humans;
Hyphae;
Injections, Intravenous;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Mucormycosis*;
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma*;
Pyoderma;
Thorax;
Vasculitis
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1989;27(4):440-443
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
54-year-old male patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia was consulted to our department. He had had a few painful erythematous necrotic plaques on the chest, which suggested initslly vasculitis or pyoderma. On histological examination, characterisitic histological findings of non-septated large hyphae were observed in the dermis and subcutaneoustissue, Although organism was not isolated on Sabouraud agar media containing cycloheximide, the diagnosis of cutaneous mucormycosis was made by the characteristic histological nattlre. He died after 2 weeks with amphotericin B intravenous injections so that additional fungus culture was not performed.
