Open AccessTwo cases of multiple subcutaneous cystic phaeohyphomycosis in immunocompromised patients with a rare causative organism
Author(s) -
Ponnuswamy Karkuzhali,
Yogambal Muthureddy,
Karthik Sigamani
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.135527
Subject(s) - phaeohyphomycosis , medicine , pathology , aureobasidium pullulans , subcutaneous tissue , dermatology , biology , food science , fermentation
Phaeohyphomycosis comprises a spectrum of mycotic infectious diseases caused by heterogeneous group of phaeoid fungi. A subcutaneous cystic swelling with histological hallmark of pigmented hyphae in tissues accompanied by pyogenic granuloma is diagnostic of phaeohyphomycosis. We present two cases of phaeohyphomycosis in 65- and 55-year-old male agriculturalists, who presented with multiple, cystic soft-tissue masses involving extremities. Culture was done in one case and the specific organism was identified as Aureobasidium pullulans