Paracoccidioidomycosis: an uncommon localization in the scrotum

Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal infection caused by the thermally dimorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. The authors present a case of a 49‐year‐old man who developed verrucous lesions on nasal mucosa and on genital localization (inguinal and scrotal), without signs of systemic...

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Published in:Mycoses 1997-12, Vol.40 (11‐12), p.415-418
Main Authors: Tomimori‐Yamashita, Jane, Tagliolatto, Sandra, Porro, Adriana M., Ogawa, Marilia M., Michalany, Nílceo S., Camargo, Zoilo P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Brazil - epidemiology
Chromoblastomycosis - epidemiology
Chromoblastomycosis - pathology
Dermatomycoses - epidemiology
Dermatomycoses - pathology
Genital Diseases, Male - epidemiology
Genital Diseases, Male - pathology
genital infection
Genitalinfektion
Hautkrankheit
Human mycoses
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mycoses
Mycoses of the skin
Nose Diseases - epidemiology
Nose Diseases - pathology
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
paracoccidioidomycosis
Paracoccidioidomycosis - epidemiology
Paracoccidioidomycosis - pathology
Paracoccidioidomykose
Scrotum - pathology
scrotum infection
skin diseases
Skrotuminfektion
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Summary:Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal infection caused by the thermally dimorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. The authors present a case of a 49‐year‐old man who developed verrucous lesions on nasal mucosa and on genital localization (inguinal and scrotal), without signs of systemic disease. Direct mycological examination, culture on Sabouraud glucose medium, and biopsy were positive for P. brasitiensis. The interest of this case is the genital localization which is uncommon in this infection. Moreover, there are few cases described in the literature. Zusammenfassung. Paracoccidioidomykose ist eine systemische Mykose, verursacht durch den dimorphen Pilz Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: Wir stellen den Fall eines 49‐Jahre alten Mannes vor, der verruköse Läsionen an der Nasenschleimhaut, der Leiste und am äußeren Skrotum zeigte, aber sonst keine Zeichen für eine systemische Erkrankung bot. Der Nachweis von P. brasiliensis gelang sowohl im mykologischen Abstrich, in der Kultur mit Sabouraud‐Glucose‐Agar und in der Biopsie. Die Lokalisation im Genitalbereich ist bei Paracoccidioidomykose sehr ungewöhnlich und bislang kaum beschrieben worden.
ISSN:0933-7407
1439-0507
DOI:10.1111/j.1439-0507.1997.tb00177.x