[Cutaneous protothecosis: case report].
A case of cutaneous protothecosis was reported in a 78-year-old man that was in treatment for pemphigus foliaceus and phaeohyphomycosis. He presented erythematous lesions which were infiltrated into his right leg. The diagnosis was made histopathologically and confirmed by culture, and the patient was successfully treated with itraconazole.
Carneiro
Fabiana Pirani
FP
Centro de Anatomia Patológica, Hospital Universitário de Brasília, Brasília, DF. fabianapirani@hotmail.com
Moraes
Mário Augusto P
MA
Rebêlo
Ana Maria G
AM
Coutinho
Amália M
AM
D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D010392:Pemphigus / Q000188:drug therapy; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011525:Prototheca; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole; D011241:Prednisone