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Published on: January 29, 2018
Bone involvement by Sporothrix schenckii in an immunocompetent child
Bruno Niemeyer de Freitas Ribeiro1, Renato Niemeyer de Freitas Ribeiro, Claudia Renata Rezende Penna
1Department of Radiology, Instituto Estadual do Cerebro Dr Paulo Niemeyer, Estrada do Capenha, 1431, ap 202 bl 01, Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22743041, Brazil, bruno.niemeyer@hotmail.com.
Abstract:
Sporotrichosis in children is rare, and its osteoarticular form is very unusual. Disseminated forms are described mostly in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of a 5-year-old immunocompetent boy with multiple suppurated cutaneous lesions that progressed to polyarthritis of the hands and feet. Radiographic imaging demonstrated multifocal lytic lesions. Sporotrichosis was diagnosed through biopsy and culture. This article describes the radiographic appearance of a rare manifestation of this disease. In areas of high prevalence, the diagnosis of sporotrichosis should be taken into account, even in immunocompetent patients, when dactylitis with lytic lesions is present.
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