Chronic paracoccidioidmycosis in a woman with Crohn Disease

Dermatol Online J. 2017 Apr 15;23(4):13030/qt1gp8z9gx.

Abstract

We report a rare case of chronic paracoccidioidomycosis(PCM) in a woman with Crohn disease in the setting of treatment with azathioprine and mesalazine. Serum tests for antigens to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, Histoplasma capsulatum, and Aspergillus fumigatus were negative. An incisional biopsy of an oral lesion with periodic acid-schiff and Grocott-methenamine silver stains revealed chronic granulomatous inflammation with multinucleated giant cells with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis within the cytoplasm, confirming the diagnosis of PCM.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / therapeutic use
  • Azathioprine / therapeutic use
  • Chronic Disease
  • Crohn Disease / complications*
  • Crohn Disease / drug therapy*
  • Female
  • Gingival Diseases / microbiology*
  • Gingival Diseases / pathology
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Mesalamine / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Paracoccidioidomycosis / complications
  • Paracoccidioidomycosis / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Mesalamine
  • Azathioprine