Open AccessPhaeohyphomycosis
Author(s) -
Kunal Kumar,
Kaverı Hallikeri
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.43761
Subject(s) - phaeohyphomycosis , histopathology , giant cell , pathology , granuloma , hypha , grocott's methenamine silver stain , histopathological examination , coronal plane , medicine , biology , staining , radiology , botany
Phaeohyphomycosis, caused by heterogeneous group of phaeoid fungi causes both subcutaneous and systemic infections. The disease is more of a histopathological than a clinical entity. We present a case of phaeohyphomycosis in a 29-year-old male who presented with the complaint of painful swelling of the right eye of 1-year duration. Computed tomography (CT) scan showed an abnormal hyper dense enhancing soft tissue in the extra coronal aspect of the right orbit along the superolateral and superomedial aspect. A provisional clinical diagnosis of lymphoma or fungal infection was entertained. Histopathology revealed granulomas with numerous multinucleated giant cells and fungal hyphae within and in between the giant cells. Per-iodic acid Schiff (PAS stain) was used to confirm the presence of hyphae. Based on the clinical, CT and histopathological features, a diagnosis of Phaeohyphomycosis was given.