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Medical Mycology Volume 44, 2006 - Issue 6
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Case Report

Cutaneous mucormycosis in a young, immunocompetent girl

Manoel Paes De Oliveira-Neto Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas (IPEC) – Fundação Oswaldo CruzCorrespondence[email protected]
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Manuela Da Silva Departamento de Microbiologia/Instituto Nacional de Controle de Qualidade em Saúde (INCQS) – Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
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Paulo Cezar Fialho Monteiro Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas (IPEC) – Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
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Márcia Lazera Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas (IPEC) – Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
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Rodrigo De Almeida Paes Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas (IPEC) – Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
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Anna Beatriz Novellino Instituto Dermatologia, Santa Casa da Misericórdia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Tulia Cuzzi Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas (IPEC) – Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
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Pages 567-570 | Received 04 Nov 2005, Published online: 09 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

We report a case of cutaneous mucormycosis in a healthy, immunocompetent young girl (age 14 years). The patient had a 5-year history of a slowly enlarging, erythematous plaque with slight elevated, scaling, circinate borders on the right thigh. Histopathology showed a granulomatous infiltrate with broad, pale, non-septate hyphae. Mycological study identified Mucor hiemalis (Wehmer).

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