OBJECTIVES: Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis is the most common variety of phaeohyphomycosis and presents as asymptomatic or mildly painful, localized cysts, abscesses, or sometimes chromoblastomycosis-like lesions over the feet, legs, or hands in about 60-85% of cases. It usually afflicts adults with some degree of immunosuppression. METHODS: We report a 30-year-old man, who presented with features of recurrent sinusitis (episodes of fever, nasal stuffiness, paranasal sinus pain, and tenderness), mucosal hypertrophy of the maxillary sinuses, and mid-face swelling that was freely mobile and suggestive of rhinoentomophthoramycosis. He had no other associated illness. RESULTS: Histology suggested tumid lupus erythematosus. The diagnosis was based on Fonsecaea pedrosoi cultured from a biopsy specimen. CONCLUSIONS: Combination therapy with itraconazole and saturated solution of potassium iodide (SSKI) was more effective than itraconazole used alone.
OBJECTIVES:Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis is the most common variety of phaeohyphomycosis and presents as asymptomatic or mildly painful, localized cysts, abscesses, or sometimes chromoblastomycosis-like lesions over the feet, legs, or hands in about 60-85% of cases. It usually afflicts adults with some degree of immunosuppression. METHODS: We report a 30-year-old man, who presented with features of recurrent sinusitis (episodes of fever, nasal stuffiness, paranasal sinus pain, and tenderness), mucosal hypertrophy of the maxillary sinuses, and mid-face swelling that was freely mobile and suggestive of rhinoentomophthoramycosis. He had no other associated illness. RESULTS: Histology suggested tumid lupus erythematosus. The diagnosis was based on Fonsecaea pedrosoi cultured from a biopsy specimen. CONCLUSIONS: Combination therapy with itraconazole and saturated solution of potassium iodide (SSKI) was more effective than itraconazole used alone.