Abstract

The treatment of cutaneous alternariosis consists of surgical excision and systemic antifungal agent. However, only reduction or cessation of corticosteroids and immunosuppressive therapy, if it is possible, can be sufficient to treat the lesion in some cases. We present two cases of spontaneously healed primary cutaneous alternariosis. Case 1 was a 73-year-old female patient with diabetes mellitus, heart failure, chronic renal failure and chronic hepatitis. Case 2 was a 64-year-old male patient with iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome and diabetes mellitus. The correction of the underlying diseases resulted in improvement of the primary cutaneous alternariosis.

Keywords

Primary cutaneous alternariosis Immunosuppression Spontaneous healing

KJMM 1999 December;4(2):137-142(6). Epub 2016 February 24
Copyright © 1999 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology

Language

Korean/English

Author

Yae Lee Chung; Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Sung-Nam Chang; Department of Dermatology, Choong Moon College of Medicine, Pochun, Korea
Seung-Kyung Hann; Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Heun-Jung Cho; Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Soo-Bong Suh; Catholic Skin Clinic, Taegu, Korea
Kwang Hoon Lee; Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Corresponding

Kwang Hoon Lee, Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

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Acknowledgements

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Yae Lee Chung

Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Sung-Nam Chang

Department of Dermatology, Choong Moon College of Medicine, Pochun, Korea

Seung-Kyung Hann

Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Heun-Jung Cho

Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Soo-Bong Suh

Catholic Skin Clinic, Taegu, Korea

Kwang Hoon Lee

Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Since epub date 2016 February 24