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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Lab Physicians 2011; 3(02): 122-124
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2727.86848
Case Report

Subcutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis of Foot in an Immunocompetent Host

Devesh Mishra
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
,
Maneesh Singal
Department of Surgery, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
,
Mahaveer Singh Rodha
Department of Surgery, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
,
Arulselvi Subramanian
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
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ABSTRACT

We report a case of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis of foot, which is a mycotic disease that produces brown pigmented hyphae, pseudohyphae and yeast form in combination. The patient was immunocompetent and had injury 23 years before, and developed a non healing foot ulcer which was clinically suspected as tuberculous or carcinomatous etiology. Local wide excision was done and sent in formalin for histopathological examination. Microscopically pigmented septate, hyphae and yeast forms were identified on hematoxylin and eosin stained sections which were confirmed by special stains such as periodic acid-Schiff and Gomori’s methenamine silver stains.

Keywords

Phaeohyphomycosis - post traumatic non healing chronic ulcer


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