Premium
Paediatric cutaneous blastomycosis: A rare case diagnosed on FNAC
Author(s) -
Shukla Shailaja,
Singh Smita,
Jain Manjula,
Kumar Singh Sanjeet,
Chander Ram,
Kawatra Neha
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.20968
Subject(s) - medicine , blastomycosis , dermatology , pathology
Blastomycosis, usually presenting as pneumonia, is more common in adults than in children. Moreover, cutaneous blastomycosis is quite uncommon in children. We describe a case of cutaneous blastomycosis in an 8‐year‐old boy who presented with multiple hyperkeratotic verrucous plaques where diagnosis was made on fine‐needle aspiration cytology, and the infection responded well to oral itraconazole therapy with reduction in number of spores and size of lesions. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2009. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.