Korean J Dermatol.  1989 Aug;27(4):440-443.

A Case of Cutaneous Mucormycosis in a patient with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

• Lee SH
• Eun HC
• Lee YS

Abstract

54-year-old male patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia was consulted to our department. He had had a few painful erythematous necrotic plaques on the chest, which suggested initslly vasculitis or pyoderma. On histological examination, characterisitic histological findings of non-septated large hyphae were observed in the dermis and subcutaneoustissue, Although organism was not isolated on Sabouraud agar media containing cycloheximide, the diagnosis of cutaneous mucormycosis was made by the characteristic histological nattlre. He died after 2 weeks with amphotericin B intravenous injections so that additional fungus culture was not performed.

Keyword

Acute lymphocytic leukemia; Cutaneous mucormycosis

MeSH Terms

Agar
Amphotericin B
Cycloheximide
Dermis
Diagnosis
Fungi
Humans
Hyphae
Injections, Intravenous
Male
Middle Aged
Mucormycosis*
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma*
Pyoderma
Thorax
Vasculitis
Agar
Amphotericin B
Cycloheximide