Subcutaneous pheomycotic cyst of the finger caused by Exophiala jeanselmei: association with a wooden splinter.
A 58-year-old man with mild glucose intolerance noted a subcutaneous cystic nodule on the ventral aspect of his ring finger. He had experienced trauma to the finger while gardening five weeks before the lesion occurred. Exophiala jeanselmei was isolated and identified on culturing of aspirate from the cystic nodule. The nodule was then removed surgically, and a wooden splinter was found close to the subcutaneous fibrous cyst, suggesting that the causal organism had entered the subcutaneous tissue with the wooden splinter.
Kawachi
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Department of Dermatology, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Tateishi
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T
Shojima
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K
Iwata
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M
Otsuka
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F
D003560:Cysts / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000473:pathology*; D005093:Exophiala; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005385:Fingers; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014934:Wood