Paracoccidioidomycosis manifested by sarcoid-like cutaneous lesions with severe systemic disease: a rare and challenging diagnosis

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2024 Mar 25:57:e008042024. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0605-2023. eCollection 2024.

Abstract

Cutaneous involvement in paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) can exhibit a highly polymorphic spectrum. The infiltrative pattern corresponds to up to 26.6% of observed skin lesions, including sarcoid-like plaques, a rare presentation of cutaneous lesions in PCM. This clinical expression is almost exclusively cutaneous, and its histology reveals a tuberculoid granuloma with a scarcity of fungi, leading to misdiagnosis as other granulomatous diseases. Here, we report a rare form of chronic multifocal paracoccidioidomycosis manifesting as sarcoid-like skin lesions misdiagnosed as granulomatous rosacea in a patient with severe systemic disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Humans
  • Paracoccidioidomycosis* / complications
  • Paracoccidioidomycosis* / diagnosis
  • Sarcoidosis* / complications
  • Sarcoidosis* / diagnosis
  • Skin / pathology