A Rare Case of Chromoblastomycosis in a 12-year-old boy. | [Journal of Pakistan Medical Association • 2019]

Author(s):

1. Saad Khan: Department of Cardiology, Khyber Teaching Hospital (MTI) Peshawar,Pakistan

2. Mehran Khan: Department of Cardiology, Khyber Teaching Hospital (MTI) Peshawar,Pakistan

3. Fahad Khan: Department of Psychiatry, Khyber Teaching Hospital (MTI) Peshawar,Pakistan

4. Zeeshan Ahmad: Department of Cardiology, Khyber Teaching Hospital (MTI) Peshawar,Pakistan

5. Asma Zia-Ur-Rehman: Khyber Medical College Peshawar,Pakistan

Abstract:

Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic fungal infection of the subcutaneous tissue. The infection usually results from a traumatic injury and inoculation of the microorganism by a specific group of dematiaceous fungi, resulting in the formation of verrucous plaques. The fungi produce sclerotic or medlar bodies (also called muriform bodies or sclerotic cells) seen on direct microscopic examination of skin smears. The disease is often found in adults due to trauma. We report a case of chromoblastomycosis in a 12-year-old child in whom the infection started when he was only 4 years old with secondary involvement of bones, cartilage, tongue and palatine tonsils. The child was not immunosuppressed.

Page(s): 1389-1391

DOI: DOI not available

Published: Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association, Volume: 69, Issue: 9, Year: 2019

Keywords:

verrucous lesions

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