Paracoccidioidomycosis after eyebrow micropigmentation: Unusual reactivation or a new form of transmission by cutaneous inoculation?

Vítor Falcão de Oliveira; Mariane Taborda; Adriana Satie Gonçalves Kono Magri; Anna Sara Shafferman Levin; Marcello Mihailenko Chaves Magri

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2024.100639

Paracoccidioidomycosis after eyebrow micropigmentation: Unusual reactivation or a new form of transmission by cutaneous inoculation?

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2024 Mar 6:44:100639. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2024.100639. eCollection 2024 Jun.

Authors

Vítor Falcão de Oliveira¹, Mariane Taborda¹, Adriana Satie Gonçalves Kono Magri¹, Anna Sara Shafferman Levin¹, Marcello Mihailenko Chaves Magri¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Abstract

We report a case of unusual paracoccidioidomycosis reactivation after eyebrow micropigmentation in a Brazilian patient. The cutaneous lesion was the only clinical manifestation. Direct cutaneous inoculation in dermal tissues with Paracoccidioides sp. is extremely rare, explaining why paracoccidioidomycosis is not classically considered a cutaneous implantation mycosis.

Keywords: Cutaneous implantation mycosis; Eyebrow micropigmentation; Paracoccidiodomycosis; Paracoccidioidomycosis reactivation.

Publication types

Case Reports