Artigo de Periódico
Occurrence of subcutaneous zygomycosis (entomophthoromycosis basidiobolae) caused by basidiobolus haptosporus with pulmonary involvement
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0301-486X
v. 71, n. 3
Autor
Bittencourt, Achilea Candida Lisboa
Araujo, Maria das Graças Santana
Paes, Maria do Socorro Fontoura
Bittencourt, Achilea Candida Lisboa
Araujo, Maria das Graças Santana
Paes, Maria do Socorro Fontoura
Institución
Resumen
A case of a two-year-old boy with multiple subcutaneous
lesions caused by Basidiobolus haptosporus is presented.
The child had also a non-toxic familial goiter and
clinical and radiological features of a pulmonary illness.
The pulmonary manifestations only disappeared with the
treatment with potassium iodide. The authors think that
the pulmonary lesions must have arisen by direct spread of
the fungus from the subcutaneous lesions of the chest.