Primary cutaneous zygomycosis due to Absidia corymbifera in a patient with cutaneous T cell lymphoma

Med Mycol. 2009;47(6):663-8. doi: 10.1080/13693780902806647.

Abstract

A slowly enlarging arm ulcer appeared in a 61-year-old man with cutaneous T cell lymphoma. Skin biopsy revealed aseptate hyphae and nodular small/medium-sized pleomorphic CD4(+) T cell infiltration. Cultures yielded Absidia corymbifera which was identified by phenotypic and molecular methods. Since a thorough examination did not detect organ involvement, the patient was diagnosed as having primary cutaneous zygomycosis. This is the first case report of cutaneous zygomycosis caused by A. corymbifera in a patient with primary cutaneous CD4(+) small/medium-sized pleomorphic T-cell lymphoma. Other cases of primary cutaneous zygomycosis caused by A. corymbifera are also reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Absidia / cytology
  • Absidia / genetics
  • Absidia / isolation & purification*
  • Arm / microbiology
  • Arm / pathology
  • DNA, Fungal / analysis
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / complications*
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Ulcer / microbiology
  • Ulcer / pathology
  • Zygomycosis / complications*
  • Zygomycosis / diagnosis*
  • Zygomycosis / microbiology
  • Zygomycosis / pathology

Substances

  • DNA, Fungal