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KMID : 0670820150200030070
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Korean Journal of Medical Mycology
2015 Volume.20 No. 3 p.70 ~ p.75
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A Case of Cutaneous Mucormycosis Occurring after Systemic Steroid Therapy
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Noh Soo-Hyeon
Chae Jin-Kyung
Park Sang-Hyun
Park Kun
Kim Eun-Jung
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Abstract
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Cutaneous mucormycosis is a rare disease caused by zygomycetes such as Rhizomucor, Mucor, Absidia, and
Rhizopus. The disease usually occurs in immunocompromised individuals, and the organism is rarely pathogenic in an immunocompetent host. Herein, we report a 77-year-old female patient who had multiple erythematous papules and pustules on the left 3rd finger. She had received systemic steroid therapy prior to the occurrence of the skin lesions. The histopathological examination of Periodic Acid Schiff stained section showed chronic granulomatous inflammation and fungal hyphae. Rhizopus species was isolated on the fungal culture of the tissue specimen. The patient was finally diagnosed with cutaneous mucormycosis and was treated with itraconazole.
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KEYWORD
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Cutaneous mucormycosis
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