Abstract
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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Relato de caso de entomoftoromicose subcutânea com invasão retroperitonealLeonora Maciel de Souza Vianna[1, 2], Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de Lacerda[1] and Mário Augusto Pinto de Moraes[1]
The authors describe a case of entomophthoromycosis in a previously healthy patient, who presented with an abscess in the right buttock
Unlike the Mucorales order, which has the ability to cause systemic disease, this last order is mainly represented by Conidiobolus coronatus, the etiologic agent of subcutaneous infections confined to the nasal mucosa and adjacent tissues, and Basidiobolus ranarum, which involves the trunk and limbs, and rarely the gastrointestinal tract[4 15]
Summary
Leonora Maciel de Souza Vianna[1, 2], Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de Lacerda[1] and Mário Augusto Pinto de Moraes[1]
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