Human Cutaneous Protothecosis: Report of a Case and Literature Review
석재연, 이윤호, 이혁민, 이상엽, 오화은, 송지선,
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석재연 ( Seok Jae-Yeon )
Gachon University Gil Medical Center Department of Pathology
이윤호 ( Lee Yoon-Ho )
Kwandong University College of Medicine
이혁민 ( Lee Hyuk-Min )
Kwandong University College of Medicine Department of Laboratory Medicine
이상엽 ( Yi Sang-Yeop )
Kwandong University College of Medicine Department of Pathology
오화은 ( Oh Hwa-Eun )
Kwandong University College of Medicine Department of Pathology
송지선 ( Song Ji-Sun )
Kwandong University College of Medicine Department of Pathology
KMID : 0357920130470060575
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.
키워드
Prototheca; Cutaneous protothecosis; Prototheca zopfii
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