A rare case of condiobolomycosis due to Conidiobolus coronatus presenting with dysphagia

Geetarani Purohit; Mukund Sable; Shivaprakash M Rudramurthy; Saurav Sarkar; Pradipta Parida; Vaishnavi Deshmukh; Vinaykumar Hallur

doi:10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.03.022

A rare case of condiobolomycosis due to Conidiobolus coronatus presenting with dysphagia

Indian J Med Microbiol. 2021 Oct-Dec;39(4):558-560. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.03.022. Epub 2021 Apr 21.

Authors

Geetarani Purohit¹, Mukund Sable², Shivaprakash M Rudramurthy³, Saurav Sarkar⁴, Pradipta Parida⁴, Vaishnavi Deshmukh¹, Vinaykumar Hallur⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, India.
² Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, India.
³ Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
⁴ Department of ENT, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, India.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, India. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 33892974
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.03.022

Abstract

Conidiobolomycosis is a neglected tropical fungal infection involving the head and neck region. Here we report the first case of atypical conidiobolomycosis presenting with dysphagia and significant weight loss from Odisha, India. It was diagnosed by histopathology and fungal culture and was suscessfully treated with saturated solution of potassium iodide.

Keywords: Conidiobolomycosis; Conidiobolus coronatus; Dysphagia; Entomophthoromycosis; Mucorales; Neglected tropical mycosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Conidiobolus
Deglutition Disorders* / drug therapy
Deglutition Disorders* / etiology
Humans
India
Zygomycosis* / diagnosis
Zygomycosis* / drug therapy

Substances

Antifungal Agents

Supplementary concepts

Conidiobolus coronatus
entomophthoromycosis