Eumycetoma is a chronic subcutaneous mycosis mainly caused by Madurella spp. Fusarium opportunistic infections in humans are often caused by Fusarium solani and Fusarium oxysporum. We report a case of eumycetoma by F. subglutinans, diagnosed by clinical aspect and culture, and confirmed by PCR sequencing. The patient was successfully treated with oral itraconazole. To our knowledge, this is the...

The systemic fungus diseases are not common, and it is difficult to amass a significant number of patients with anyone specific deep mycosis in order to evaluate clinically any new chemotherapeutic agent. This review has attempted to assemble and summarize the present-day knowledge of the newer antifungal agents. Individual consideration is given to the systemic fungus diseases: coccidioidomyco...

ALCL: anaplastic large cell lymphoma CL: composite lymphoma EBV: Epstein-Barr virus MF: mycosis fungoides INTRODUCTION Patients with mycosis fungoides (MF) are at increased risk of a second malignant neoplasm, especially lymphoma. We report a sexagenarian with a 14-year history of patch MF, stage IB, who had intravascular cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) and cutaneous composite l...

A patient with mycosis fungoides developed a nephrotic syndrome. Renal biopsy revealed deposits of a highly organized fibrillar material which did not stain with the typical amyloid stains; this picture was consistent with the diagnosis of non-amyloidotic fibrillary glomerulopathy or immunotactoid glomerulopathy. We believe this is the first case reported of immunotactoid glomerulopathy associa...

Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is an endemic Latin American mycosis caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and also by the recently described P. lutzii. The systemic mycosis is the 10th leading cause of death due to infectious diseases in Brazil. As published, 1,853 patients died of PCM in the 1996-2006 decade in this country. The main diagnostic antigen of P.brasiliensis is the 43 kDa glycoprot...

Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) or South American Blastomycosis is a systemic fungal infection caused by a dimorphic fungus, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. It represents the most important systemic mycosis in South America and with higher prevalence among male inhabitants of the rural area. PCM usually affects the lungs, and rarely the intestines. The authors report three cases of PCM, treated at ...

A considerable number of reports have documented mycosis fungoides (MF) mimicking other dermatoses, but a comprehensive review has not been published. Our aim was to comprehensively review reports of various dermatoses simulated by MF. Additionally, 2 cases in which MF simulated diseases not previously documented (psoriasis and erythema annulare centrifugum) are presented. A literature search o...

Filamentous basidiomycetes (BM) are common environmental fungi that have recently emerged as important human pathogens, inciting a wide array of clinical manifestations that include allergic and invasive diseases. We reviewed 218 reported global cases of BM fungi. The most common etiologic agent was Schizophyllum commune in 52.3% (114/218) of the cases followed by Hormographiella aspergillata (...

Dear Editors: Pityriasis lichenoides-like mycosis fungoides (MF) is a rare variant of MF, presenting clinical findings pityriasis lichenoides (PL) but histological features MF [...]

Within the large framework of the lymphoproliferative diseases, the primary cutaneous lymphomas are distinct pathologic conditions, defined by particular morphologic, immunologic, genetic, and clinic criteria. The study aimed to create the first clinicopathological and immunohistochemical profile of primary cutaneous lymphoma for a Romanian region. We investigated a series of 16 cases (diagnose...