Human Cutaneous Protothecosis: Report of a Case and Literature Review
Korean Journal of Pathology
;
: 575-578, 2013.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-118776
ABSTRACT
The Prototheca species is achlorophyllic algae and rarely causes human infection. Human protothecosis presents clinically as a cutaneous infection, olecranon bursitis, and disseminated systemic disease. We report a case of human cutaneous protothecosis involving the left wrist. A 68-year-old man presented with an ill-defined erythematous lesion with crust at the dorsal aspect of his left wrist. A punch biopsy was performed to reveal the histologic features of granulomatous inflammation with necrosis at the upper dermis, containing Prototheca organisms, of which, the characteristic features were highlighted by special staining. Through a molecular study, the Prototheca zopfii species was identified.
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Main subject:
Prototheca
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Wrist
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Biopsy
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Bursitis
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Dermis
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Olecranon Process
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Inflammation
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Necrosis
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Korean Journal of Pathology
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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