Lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis

Australas J Dermatol. 1995 Aug;36(3):161-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1995.tb00960.x.

Abstract

Lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis presented in a 10 year old child 1-2 weeks after an abrasion. A series of nodules, two of which ulcerated, appeared along the arm with tender unilateral axillary lymphadenopathy in the absence of systemic symptoms. Biopsy showed a granulomatous infiltrate but failed to reveal the organism; however, culture was positive for Sporothrix schenckii. The primary lesion healed with a scar after 3 months of systemic therapy with potassium iodide.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Potassium Iodide / therapeutic use
  • Sporothrix / isolation & purification
  • Sporotrichosis / diagnosis*
  • Sporotrichosis / drug therapy
  • Sporotrichosis / pathology
  • Sporotrichosis / physiopathology

Substances

  • Potassium Iodide