A case of candidal umbilical granuloma.
A case is reported of a 14-year-old boy with a mass arising from the umbilicus, which was a large, well-organized candidal granuloma. Cell markers showed normal numbers and distribution of peripheral T and B lymphocytes but there was no reaction to intradermal injection of Candida, suggesting a specific T-cell defect such as occurs in chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis.
Anstey
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Department of Dermatology, Wycombe General Hospital, U.K.
Spickett
G P
GP
Beechey-Newman
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N
Gowers
L
L
Molloy
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H
D000293:Adolescent; D002179:Candidiasis, Cutaneous / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006099:Granuloma / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000382:microbiology*