Oral phaeohyphomycosis.
This is the first description of solitary phaeohyphomycosis affecting the mucosal surface. The lesion developed in the inferior lip of a 57-year-old woman. After surgical resection, histopathological examination evidenced characteristic brownish fungal structures within granulomatous-purulent inflammation. Amplification and sequencing of rDNA obtained from paraffin-embedded tissue identified Alternaria species, as the causative agent.
Cardoso
S V
SV
Oral Diagnosis Unit, State University of Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Brazil.
Campolina
S S
SS
Guimarães
A L S
AL
Faria
P R
PR
da C Costa
E M
EM
Gomez
R S
RS
Rocha
A
A
Caligiorne
R B
RB
Loyola
A M
AM
D000528:Alternaria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology