Morphological Diagnosis of Blastomycosis Clinically Presenting as Mycetoma in a Young Immunocompetent Indian Patient; A Diagnostic Dilemma

Rakesh K Gupta; Mousmi Agrawal; Archana Keche; Satyaki Ganguly

doi:10.4103/ijd.ijd_100_23

Morphological Diagnosis of Blastomycosis Clinically Presenting as Mycetoma in a Young Immunocompetent Indian Patient; A Diagnostic Dilemma

Indian J Dermatol. 2023 Jul-Aug;68(4):446-449. doi: 10.4103/ijd.ijd_100_23.

Authors

Rakesh K Gupta¹, Mousmi Agrawal¹, Archana Keche², Satyaki Ganguly³

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
² Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
³ Department of Dermatology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.

Abstract

Primary cutaneous blastomycosis is very rare in non-endemic regions like India. Only few cases have been reported from India. Herein, we are reporting a rare case of chronic cutaneous blastomycosis in a young immunocompetent male presenting as mycetoma with multiple discharging sinuses in the anterior abdominal wall with no significant travel history.

Keywords: Blastomycosis; India; fungal disease; immunocompetent; non-endemic.