Abstract

Mucormycosis is an invasive fungal infection, caused by members of the order Mucorales, that usually occurs in immunocompromised individuals. It manifests itself in a variety of ways and rarely may be confined to the cutaneous tissues. We report a case of primary cutaneous mucormycosis associated with longstanding diabetes mellitus and liver cirrhosis. A 53-year-old woman was presented because of cutaneous discoloration and bullae on the both lower extremities. Cutaneous lesions consisted of necrotic blackish discoloration with bullae and ill-defined margins with extending nature. A biopsy specimen from the cutaneous lesion revealed large, broad, nonseptate hyphae branched at right angles. Our patient was successfully treated with intravenous administration of amphotericin B and surgical debridement of necrotic tissue.  

Keywords

Primary cutaneous mucormycosis

KJMM 1999 June;4(1):75-78(4). Epub 2016 February 24
Copyright © 1999 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology

Language

Korean/English

Author

Hong Tak Lee; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea
Tae Ho Yang; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea
Tae Young Yoon; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea
Seung Ho Chang; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea

Corresponding

Tae Ho Yang, Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea.

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Hong Tak Lee

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea

Tae Ho Yang

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea

Tae Young Yoon

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea

Seung Ho Chang

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea

Since epub date 2016 February 24