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- Title
Basidiobolomycosis mistaken for cutaneous tuberculosis.
- Authors
Gummadi, Gnana Kireeti; Pai, B. Sathish; Nayak, U. K. Sudhir; Prakash, P. Y.; Pai, Kanthilatha
- Abstract
The article present a case study of a 44‑year‑old immunocompetent male patient with itching and progressive hardening and pigmentation of the right thigh. It mentions the differential diagnoses of deep fungal infection and cutaneous tuberculosis were considered; and also mentions histopathological examination showed dermal and subcutis granulomatous infiltration with langhans and multinucleated giant cells, lymphocytes, plasma cells, and eosinophils along with dense fibrosis.
- Subjects
TUBERCULOSIS; MULTINUCLEATED giant cells; ITRACONAZOLE; DERMATOMYCOSES
- Publication
Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology & Leprology, 2019, Vol 85, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0378-6323
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/ijdvl.IJDVL_16_17