Phaeomycotic cyst--a case report.
Phaeomycotic cyst or subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis is the most common type of phaeohyphomycosis. Fonsecaea pedrosoi as the causative agent of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis was earlier reported in India. Here a case of a patient of 22-year-old farmer is presented with a soft cystic swelling on the left wrist. Direct examination of the aspirate from the swelling showed dematiaceous hyphae. Culture grew Fonsecaea pedrosoi. The patient responded to antifungal therapy.
Department of Microbiology, UCMS & GTB Hospital, Delhi 110095.
Rumpa
R
Saha
Shukla
S
Rudra
D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003560:Cysts / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue / Q000382:microbiology; D000077291:Terbinafine; D014953:Wrist / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D009281:Naphthalenes; D000077291:Terbinafine