Sporotrichosis in an HIV-positive man with oral lesions:a case report
BACKGROUND: Sporotrichosis is a granulomatous fungal infection caused bySporothrix schenckii, which frequently causes cutaneous or lymphocutaneous lesions and rarely hasoral manifestations. CASE: A 38-year-old, white, HIV-positive man complained of a 5.0-cm,symptomatic, ulcerated lesion with thin, superficial granulation in the soft palate extending to theuvula. Exfoliative cytology of this oral lesion showed chronic granulomatous inflammatoryalterations and extracellular fungal structures consisting of periodic acid-Schiff-positive buddingcells and spherical or elongated (cigar bodies) free spore forms. CONCLUSION: The clinical andcytologic findings allowed the diagnosis of sporotrichosis, demonstrating the importance ofcytodiagnosis in fungal diseases.
Fontes,PC　Kitakawa,D　Carvalho,YR　Brandao,AA　Cabral,LA　Almeida,JD
Postgraduate Program in Oral Biopathology and Department of Biosciences andOral Diagnosis, Sao Jose dos Campos Dental School, Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Lesion, NOS　 Oral　 Sporotrichosis Male population group
