Open AccessVerrucous onychomycosis caused by curvularia in a patient with congenital pterygium
Author(s) -
Mary Vineetha,
Seena Palakkal,
Kunjumani Sobhanakumari,
M I Celine,
V Letha
Publication year - 2016
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 - 10.4103/0019-5154.193717
Subject(s) - curvularia , medicine , itraconazole , dermatology , histopathology , nail (fastener) , chromoblastomycosis , balanitis , pathology , antifungal , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , materials science , metallurgy , aspergillus
A 57 year healthy farmer with congenital nail pterygium presented with a verrucous growth on nail bed since 8 months. He was not diabetic and HIV rapid card test negative. Our clinical diagnosis was chromoblastomycosis but culture showed growth of curvularia species on two occasions and histopathology showed hyphal and yeast forms of the pigmented fungus. After excision biopsy patient was started on oral itraconazole. This case is reported due to rarity of verrucous cutaneous lesions caused by curvularia in immunocompetent individuals