Cutaneous mucormycosis resembling superficial granulomatous pyoderma in an immunocompetent host

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1993 Sep;29(3):462-5. doi: 10.1016/0190-9622(93)70211-b.

Abstract

Primary cutaneous mucormycosis is uncommon and occurs mainly in immunosuppressed or diabetic patients or after localized trauma. We report a case of cutaneous mucormycosis in an immunocompetent man in whom no definite precipitating factors could be identified; initially, superficial granulomatous pyoderma was suspected clinically. The lesion was successfully treated with debridement, local wound care, parenteral administration of amphotericin B, and ultimately by surgical excision and split-thickness skin grafting.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Dermatomycoses / microbiology
  • Dermatomycoses / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Granuloma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Immune Tolerance*
  • Leg Ulcer / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mucormycosis / microbiology
  • Mucormycosis / pathology*
  • Pyoderma / pathology*