title: Cutaneous sporotrichosis: an unusual clinico-pathologic and therapeutic presentation.
abstract: This report presents a number of unusual clinico-histopathologic and therapeutic features in a culture proven case of cutaneous sporotrichosis. These include lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis involving face; its dissemination in an otherwise healthy patient; its histology mimicking cutaneous cryptococcosis; two episodes of severe purulent inflammatory reaction bordering the lesion during therapy with saturated solution of potassium iodide; no therapeutic response to potassium iodide therapy and rapid healing of lesion with high-dose of fluconazole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, I.G. Medical College, Shimla, HP, India. nandlals@hotmail.com
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Mahajan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thakur
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D011193:Potassium Iodide / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013175:Sporothrix / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013492:Suppuration
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D011193:Potassium Iodide; D015725:Fluconazole