Case report of subcutaneous entomophthoromycosis with retroperitoneal invasion

• 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

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.