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J Clin Pathol 60:204-205 doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.035808
  • Case report

Oral phaeohyphomycosis

  1. S V Cardoso1,2,
  2. S S Campolina2,
  3. A L S Guimarães3,
  4. P R Faria4,
  5. E M da C Costa4,
  6. R S Gomez3,
  7. A Rocha5,
  8. R B Caligiorne2,
  9. A M Loyola4
  1. 1Oral Diagnosis Unit, State University of Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Brazil
  2. 2Clinical Researches Laboratory, René Rachou Research Centre / FIOCRUZ, and Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Belo Horizonte Hospital, Minas Gerais, Brazil
  3. 3Oral Pathology Department, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil
  4. 4Oral Pathology Unit, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
  5. 5Surgical Pathology Department, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlandia, Brazil
  1. Correspondence to:
 Professor A M Loyola
 Laboratório de Patologia Bucal, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Av Pará, 1720, Bloco 2U, CEP 38401-036, Uberlândia, MG/Brazil; adrianol{at}hc.ufu.br
  • Accepted 2 February 2006

Abstract

This is the first description of solitary phaeohyphomycosis affecting the mucosal surface. The lesion developed in the inferior lip of a 57-year-old woman. After surgical resection, histopathological examination evidenced characteristic brownish fungal structures within granulomatous–purulent inflammation. Amplification and sequencing of rDNA obtained from paraffin-embedded tissue identified Alternaria species, as the causative agent.

Footnotes

  • Funding: The authors received government grants from CNPq and FAPEMIG, Brazil.

  • Competing interests: None.

  • Patient consent was obtained for this case report to be published.