Premium
Pseudotumoral presentation of fungating mycetoma caused by Phaeoacremonium fuscum in a renal transplant patient
Author(s) -
McGrogan D.,
David M.D.,
Roberts C.,
Borman A.M.,
Nath J.,
Inston N.G.,
Mellor S.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.12462
Subject(s) - medicine , mycetoma , presentation (obstetrics) , renal transplant , dermatology , pathology , kidney , surgery
Eumycetoma is an unusual infection in immunocompromised patients outside the tropics, caused by a variety of fungal pathogens. We describe the case of a 51‐year‐old renal transplant recipient who presented with a large pseudotumoral foot lesion necessitating complete surgical excision of the lesion. Cultures and molecular diagnosis confirmed P haeoacremonium fuscum . This is the first case, to our knowledge, of fungating mycetoma caused by this fungal species in a solid organ transplant recipient.