Sporotrichosis in an HIV-positive man with oral lesions: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Sporotrichosis is a granulomatous fungal infection caused by Sporothrix schenckii, which frequently causes cutaneous or lymphocutaneous lesions and rarely has oral manifestations.


METHODS
A 38-year-old, white, HIV-positive man complained of a 5.0-cm, symptomatic, ulcerated lesion with thin, superficial granulation in the soft palate extending to the uvula. Exfoliative cytology of this oral lesion showed chronic granulomatous inflammatory alterations and extracellular fungal structures consisting of periodic acid-Schiff-positive budding cells and spherical or elongated (cigar bodies) free spore forms.


CONCLUSIONS
The clinical and cytologic findings allowed the diagnosis of sporotrichosis, demonstrating the importance of cytodiagnosis in fungal diseases.
Fontes
Patrícia Campos
PC
Postgraduate Program in Oral Biopathology and Department of Biosciences and Oral Diagnosis, São José dos Campos Dental School, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil.
Kitakawa
Dárcio
D
Carvalho
Yasmin Rodarte
YR
Brandão
Adriana Aigotti Haberbeck
AA
Cabral
Luiz Antonio Guimarães
LA
Almeida
Janete Dias
JD
D000328:Adult; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000150:complications*