Hyalohyphomycosis in an orthopedic patient: case report. | ||||
| Microbes and Infectious Diseases | ||||
| Article 32, Volume 3, Issue 4, November 2022, Page 1052-1055 PDF (152.36 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Short Reports (case reports) | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mid.2021.76193.1154 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Leonardo Henrique Bertolucci  1; Pedro Yuki Shibuya Moreira Pinto1; Alex Oliboni Sussela2; Lauro Manoel Etchepare Dornelles2; Osvaldo André Serafini2
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| 1Medicine School, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 6681, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, 90160-092. | ||||
| 2Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 6681, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, 90160-092. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Hyalohyphomycosis are opportunistic fungal infections caused by saprobic fungi. Such mycoses usually occur in immunosuppressed patients. The most affected organ is usually the lungs. A male patient has arrived at the Orthopedics and Traumatology Service complaining of a mass on the dorsal surface of his right foot. On physical examination, a subcutaneous, elastic, non-mobile mass was observed on the dorsal surface of the right foot. Ulcerated lesion, without drainage of secretion and with pain on palpation. He reported focal increase in the dorsal surface of the right foot for 7 years. Among other diagnostic possibilities, imaging studies indicated the hypothesis of a giant cell tumor with a tendon sheath. The patient was then submitted to biopsy of the lesion. The anatomopathological study showed chronic suppurative inflammation with granulation tissue and the presence of septate hyaline hyphae compatible with hyalohyphomycosis. Surgical resection of the lesion and systemic treatment were then performed. Patient evolved well after the procedure. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Hyalohyphomycosis; Fungi; Orthopedics | ||||
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