Photoletter to the editor: Atypical primary cutaneous mucormycosis of the scalp

doi:10.3315/jdcr.2017.1248

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Research Article | Volume 16 Issue 2 (None, 2023) | Pages 32 - 34

Photoletter to the editor: Atypical primary cutaneous mucormycosis of the scalp

Ricardo García-Sepúlveda

Josefina Navarrete-Solís

Hiram Villanueva-Lozano

Rogelio de J. Treviño-Rangel

Gloria M. González

Jorge Enríquez-Rojas

Javier Molina-Durazo

Roberto Arenas-Guzmán

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DOI : 10.3315/jdcr.2017.1248

PMID : PMC5776029

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Dec. 14, 2016

Published

Dec. 1, 2017

Abstract

Mucormycosis of the scalp is a rare cutaneous presentation of the disease. It is also an unusual infection in children. We present the case of a 4-year-old girl with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, who presented with atypical cutaneous mucormycosis simulating an ecthyma gangrenosum lesion.Risk factors for the infection are diabetes, neoplastic diseases, immunosuppression in organ transplant recipients, and neutropenia. The cutaneos forms have been associated with trauma, burns and surgical wounds. First line treatment is amphotericin B. Posaconazole was recently approved to treat invasive mucormycosis. Surgical removal of the infected tissue is indicated.

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Amphotericin B

Diabetes

Fungus

Immunodeficiency

Infection

Posaconazole

Tumor

Ulcer

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