Open AccessPhaeohyphomycotic cyst in the Foot by Exophiala
Author(s) -
Karunakarreddy Ch,
Poornachandra Thejaswids,
Hema Kini,
Srinivas Vinayak Shenoy,
Shivananda Prabhu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/9495.5184
Subject(s) - swelling , antifungal , medicine , foot (prosody) , histopathological examination , abscess , cyst , echogenicity , surgery , ultrasonography , pathology , dermatology , philosophy , linguistics
A 52-year-old male, presented to us with a swelling over plantar aspect of right foot following trauma. Clinically it was a cystic swelling diagnosed as an abscess; ultrasound showed thick walled multilocular collection with thick echogenic debris, following which complete excision of the swelling was done. A part of the swelling was sent for histopathological examination and cut section showed thick purulent material. Other part sent for culture sensitivity grew, Exophiala, which belongs to Dematiaceous group of fungi. Surgical excision with antifungal treatment is the management in general for fungal cyst, whereas in our case complete excision was done without antifungal treatment.