Case report of subcutaneous entomophthoromycosis with retroperitoneal invasion

The authors describe a case of entomophthoromycosis in a previously healthy patient, who presented with an abscess in the right buttock. After surgical drainage it evolved into a retroperitoneal tumor. The patient improved clinically after resection of the mass and ketoconazole treatment. The histop...

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Main Authors: Leonora Maciel de Souza Vianna, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de Lacerda, Mário Augusto Pinto de Moraes
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2005
Subjects:
Basidiobolus ranarum
Zygomycosis
Entomophthorales
Clinical features
Histopathology
Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a326c773941c4df0a5f79184d282df52
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Summary:The authors describe a case of entomophthoromycosis in a previously healthy patient, who presented with an abscess in the right buttock. After surgical drainage it evolved into a retroperitoneal tumor. The patient improved clinically after resection of the mass and ketoconazole treatment. The histopathological analysis showed the Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon, suggesting Basidiobolus ranarum infection, a zygomycosis generally restricted to the subcutaneous tissue, with rare gastrointestinal involvement.

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