Basidiobolomycosis mistaken for cutaneous tuberculosis

[4] While trauma and insect bites are proposed as etiological factors, surgical procedures like biopsy and excision tend to cause progression of lesions. Histopathology often shows dermal and sub-cuticular granulomatous mixed infiltrate with eosinophils, lymphocytes, plasma cells, giant cells, histi...

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Published in:Indian journal of dermatology, venereology, and leprology venereology, and leprology, 2019-03, Vol.85 (2), p.236-236
Main Authors: Gummadi, Gnana, Pai, B, Nayak, U, Prakash, P, Pai, Kanthilatha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Antifungal Agents - administration & dosage
Biopsy, Needle
Diagnosis, Differential
Entomophthorales - isolation & purification
Fungal infections
Histopathology
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Insect bites
Lupus
Male
Potassium
Risk Assessment
Thigh
Treatment Outcome
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Cutaneous - diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Cutaneous - pathology
Zygomycosis - diagnosis
Zygomycosis - drug therapy
Zygomycosis - pathology
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Summary:[4] While trauma and insect bites are proposed as etiological factors, surgical procedures like biopsy and excision tend to cause progression of lesions. Histopathology often shows dermal and sub-cuticular granulomatous mixed infiltrate with eosinophils, lymphocytes, plasma cells, giant cells, histiocytes and neutrophils with Splendore–Hoeppli-like phenomenon and fibrosis. Basidiobolomycosis was mistaken for cutaneous tuberculosis and treated erroneously. [...]it is necessary to perform biopsy for histopathology and culture to confirm the diagnosis, prior to the commencement of therapy.
ISSN:0378-6323
0973-3922
1998-3611
DOI:10.4103/ijdvl.IJDVL_16_17