Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Cutaneous protothecosis reminiscent of unilateral solar elastotic bands of forearm in an immunocompromised patient |
| Authors: |
Yi-Hsin Ho, Yun-Wen Chiu, Chen-Yi Wu, Han-Nan Liu |
| Source: |
Dermatologica Sinica, Vol 36, Iss 2, Pp 93-96 (2018) |
| Publisher Information: |
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018. |
| Publication Year: |
2018 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Dermatology |
| Subject Terms: |
Dermatology, RL1-803 |
| More Details: |
We report a case of cutaneous protothecosis due to Prototheca wickerhamii in an elderly male with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), decompensated liver cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus, hypertension and coronary artery disease, who presented with a large dull erythematous plaque over right upper limb stretching from the lower third of the distal upper arm to near the wrist. A biopsy revealed marked, band-like solar elastosis in the upper dermis, a pathologic pattern that resembles solar elastotic bands of forearm. However, the following Periodic acid–Schiff stain and fungal culture confirmed the diagnosis of protothecosis. Our finding added a new pattern to the list of the highly variable cutaneous manifestations of protothecosis. Keywords: Immunocompromise, Protothecosis, Prototheca wickerhamii, Solar elastotic bands of forearm |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1027-8117 |
| Relation: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811717300484; https://doaj.org/toc/1027-8117 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.dsi.2017.09.004 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/fbf6b729fbde40d698f4a78b86564acd |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.fbf6b729fbde40d698f4a78b86564acd |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
