Prototecose cutânea: relato de caso Cutaneous protothecosis: case report

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Fabiana Pirani Carneiro, Mário Augusto P. Moraes, Ana Maria G. Rebêlo, Amália M. Coutinho
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2007
• Subjects: Prototecose; Feohifomicose; Itraconazol; Alga; Protothecosis; Phaeohyphomycosis; Itraconazole; Algae; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822007000400018; https://doaj.org/article/7d427aff535d47039ef4a564996ee0fe

Descreve-se um caso de prototecose cutânea em paciente de 78 anos, submetido a tratamento para pênfigo foliáceo e feohifomicose. Ele apresentava lesões eritematosas infiltradas na perna direita e o diagnóstico foi feito através de estudo histológico e através de cultura da pele lesada. A cura foi obtida com o uso oral de itraconazol. A case of cutaneous protothecosis was reported in a 78-year-old man that was in treatment for pemphigus foliaceus and phaeohyphomycosis. He presented erythematous lesions which were infiltrated into his right leg. The diagnosis was made histopathologically and confirmed by culture, and the patient was successfully treated with itraconazole.