A 39-Year-Old Male Congenital Tricuspid Atresia Patient Who Presented with a New Axillary Lesion after an Orthotopic Heart Transplant

Zizi Yu; Nicholas Theodosakis; Megan J Fitzpatrick; Ruth K Foreman; Bonnie Mackool

doi:10.1159/000503661

A 39-Year-Old Male Congenital Tricuspid Atresia Patient Who Presented with a New Axillary Lesion after an Orthotopic Heart Transplant

Dermatopathology (Basel). 2019 Oct 30;6(4):220-224. doi: 10.1159/000503661. eCollection 2019 Oct-Dec.

Authors

Zizi Yu¹, Nicholas Theodosakis², Megan J Fitzpatrick³, Ruth K Foreman³, Bonnie Mackool²

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Abstract

Mucormycosis is a rare and aggressive fungal infection, most often caused by species of the Mucor, Rhizomucor, Rhizopus, Absidia, and Cunninghamella genera. The condition most commonly affects patients with uncontrolled diabetes, HIV/AIDS, malignancy, and those receiving long-term immunosuppressive therapy. We report the case of a 39-year-old male with biopsy-proven cutaneous mucormycosis of the left axilla 4 months after an orthotopic heart transplant for congenital tricuspid atresia.

Keywords: Fungal infection; Immunosuppression; Mucormycosis.

Publication types

Case Reports