An unusual case of coccidioidomycosis presenting with skin lesions.
A 42-year-old white male without prior skin disease presented 8 months ago with chest pain, fever, and coughing to his primary physician. At that point, he had no skin lesions. The diagnosis was made by standard blood tests. The patient completed treatment and was symptom free for 8 months until he presented to his physician again with skin lesions on his right cheek and extremities. The patient was referred to our dermatology clinic for further evaluation. A complete skin examination revealed lesions on his face, extremities, and back. The lesions on his right face were 8 x 10-mm erythematous papules and nodules coalescing into a plaque. A biopsy was taken from his right cheek lesions.
Noor
Omar
O
Department of Dermatology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. NoorOm@gmail.com
Rao
Mohammad
M
Rao
Babar K
BK
D000328:Adult; D000908:Antibodies, Fungal / Q000097:blood; D001706:Biopsy; D003045:Coccidioides / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology
D000908:Antibodies, Fungal