[Disseminated sporotrichosis - clinical case and discussion].
The authors report a case of a patient with a prior history of alcohol abuse who developed nodules and ulcerated skin lesions on his trunk and lower extremities along the line of the lymphatic draining area. The patient's X-ray showed reticular nodular intersticial infiltrates at the lung bases. There was a positive culture of supraclavicular lymph node for Sporothrix schenckii. After specific treatment using mainly potassium iodide, there was regression of cutaneous lesions and lung infiltrates. The authors present a discussion on the deseases' forms of presentation, highlighting the lung involvement ans further discuss the diagnosis and treatment of sporotrichosis.
Médico do CRA-DIP do Hospital Municipal Nelson de Sá Earp e do Programa de Controle da Tuberculose da SMS-Petrópolis e do Serviço de Atendimento Especializado da SMS-Belford Roxo - Rio de Janeiro Brasil.
João Cláudio
JC
Barroso Pereira
Amorita
A
Grijó
Rosângela
R
Ribeiro Machado Pereira
Andreza
A
Noel S Oliveira
Ana Cláudia
AC
de Andrade
Ana Cláudia M
AC
Ferreira
Christiane
C
Corrêa Brant Machado
Débora
D
Veiga Coutinho
Danilo
D
Vale Rios
Bárbara
B
Pereira Pires
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000175:diagnosis*