Purple patches in an immunocompromised patient: a report of secondary disseminated cutaneous mucormycosis in a man with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

An Unusual Case Report: Occurrence of Renal Cell Carcinoma, Basal Cell Carcinoma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in a Case of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Treated with Radioactive Iodine

The standard therapy for thyroid cancer is total or near total thyroidectomy, followed by the administration of radioactive iodine for remnant ablation or residual disease. Patients with radioiodine therapy are predisposed to second malignant neoplasms in organs such as central nervous system (CNS), breast, prostate, kidney, bone marrow, salivary gland, and digestive tract. Exposure to carcinog...

Tinea pedis caused by Trichosporon asahii: case report

Background: Trichosporon species are commonly known as causative agents of skin infections and also responsive in some other systemic and disseminated diseases, especially in immunocompromised patients and those with leukemia or lymphoma. Chronic cutaneous infections with Trichosporon have been reported in non-immunocompromised patients, too. Case Presentation: This study is a case report of t...

Mucormycoses in patients with hematologic malignancies: an emerging fungal infection.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Mucormycoses are seen with an increasing incidence in immunocompromised patients. Most common presentations are rhinocerebral and pulmonary. We here report the experience of a single center with mucormycoses in patients with hematologic malignancies. RESULTS Mucormycoses were diagnosed in six patients, (median age of 52 years; range, 26-74) treated between 2001-2004....

Fulminant mucormycosis in a renal transplant recipient.

Sir, Mucormycosis is an uncommon deep mycosis caused by eumycetes included in the Mucorale order that belong to the zygomycete class (1). Species of Rhizopus, Mucor and Absidia are the most frequently isolated zygomycotic fungi in human infected tissue (2). They can cause opportunistic infections in the immunocompromised host and in patients with underlying diseases such as diabetes mellitus or...

Combination antifungal therapy without craniotomy in an immunocompromised patient with rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis: A case report