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.
Saha
Rumpa
R
Department of Microbiology, UCMS & GTB Hospital, Delhi 110095.
Rudra
Shukla
S
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