Fungal Infection, Deep, Sporotrichosis - DermAtlas

Contributor

Peter Somers, PhD,MD

Diagnosis

fungal infection, deep sporotrichosis

Body Site

hand finger wrist

Age

50 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

sporotrichoid linear

Color

red

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

acral (centripetal - extremity predominant) asymmetric

Comments

A 50-year-old woman developed multiple red nontender subcutaenous nodules on the top of her left hand 1 week following an episode of trauma when her hand was hit by the office door. She also remembered working in the garden 2 months earlier. Note the sporotrichoid spread of these lesions as they ascend the hand to her wrist.

Description

1-2 cm red subcutaneous nodules in a linear pattern

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3/23/2004 8:08:24

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