Sporotrichosis on the face of a 7-year-old boy following a bicycle accident.
A 7-year-old boy presented with an annular verrucous plaque on the chin of 5 weeks duration. The lesion occurred after a bicycle accident and was unresponsive to antibiotics. Fungal culture grew Sporothrix schenckii. Sporotrichosis should be considered and fungal culture obtained whenever a nodule or plaque fails to respond to initial treatment.
Departments of DermatologyDermatopathology Section, Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, ArizonaRussell Dermatology, Private Practice, Conway, Arizona.
Blake A
BA
Williams
Thomas A
TA
Jennings
Erica C
EC
Rushing
Marla
M
Wirges
Brian E
BE
Russell
D000059:Accidents; D001642:Bicycling; D002648:Child; D002680:Chin / Q000293:injuries* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013175:Sporothrix / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000382:microbiology*