title: [Subcutaneous phaeomycotic cyst of the ankle].
abstract: Phaeohyphomycosis is a rare mycotic opportunist disease witch usually affects immunodepressed patients. Infection follows a traumatic inoculation of fungi into the skin with formation of a subcutaneous cyst. We report the case of a 20-year-old woman presenting with a subcutaneous, painless, and recurrent cystic lesion on the right ankle for 9 years. A surgical excision was performed. Histopathologic examination showed a granuloma with central abscess surrounded by a thick fibrous tissue. After staining with PAS, septate hyphae and spores were found in the granuloma, consistent with a phaeomycotic cyst.
authors.affiliation: Service d'anatomie et de cytologie pathologiques, hôpital la Rabta, Tunis, Tunisie. aminamekninouira@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mekni
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Braham
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Addemalek
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zitouna
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bettaieb
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chelly
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bellil
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bellil
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kchir
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haouet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000842:Ankle; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000459:Phaeophyceae / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*