title: Lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis in an adolescent girl presenting as mycetoma.
abstract: A 13-year-old girl presented with multiple painless purulent ulcers with raised borders on the medial aspect of the sole of her right foot associated with inguinal lymphadenopathy for the past 4 years. There was history of local trauma at the site prior to the formation of ulcers. There were no other significant associated signs or symptoms. The patient was initially treated with multiple antibiotics with minimal improvement. Fungal cultures of biopsy specimens demonstrated the presence of colonies of Sporothrix schenckii thus confirming the diagnosis of sporotrichosis. Oral itraconazole at the dose of 100 mg twice daily was initiated with marked response at 4 weeks. This case demonstrated a rare morphological presentation of the lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis as mycetoma. The possible diagnosis of sporotrichosis should be kept in mind in such a clinical presentation not responding to antibiotics. Cutaneous sporotrichosis should be diagnosed and treated as early as possible because untreated cases may disseminate to cause visceral involvement with fatal outcome in immunocompromised patients.
authors.affiliation: Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
authors.forename: Ragini
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tilak
authors.forename: Varsha
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumari
authors.forename: Manish
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.forename: Taniya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Shyam Sunder
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Pandey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D016523:Foot Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013175:Sporothrix; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole