TY - JOUR
T1 - Fine‐needle aspiration of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Wangiella dermatitidis
AU - Crosby, John H
AU - O'Quinn, Mary H.
AU - Steele, John C.H.
AU - Rao, R. N.
PY - 1989/7
Y1 - 1989/7
N2 - Two cases of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis, first recognized by fine‐needle aspiration (FNA), were confirmed with culture, excision, and histologic study. Both patients had debilitating medical problems and a solitary mass on the left leg. Pigmented hyphae and other fungal elements, numerous in both aspirates, assumed a variety of forms that did not permit specific identification. Culture grew Wangiella dermatitidis in both cases. FNA also yielded purulent exudate, multinucleated giant cells, and, in one case, epithelioid histiocytes. Both excised lesions were abscesses, with associated granulomatous inflammation, fibrosis, and plant splinters. Fungi in sections resembled those seen in the aspirates.
AB - Two cases of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis, first recognized by fine‐needle aspiration (FNA), were confirmed with culture, excision, and histologic study. Both patients had debilitating medical problems and a solitary mass on the left leg. Pigmented hyphae and other fungal elements, numerous in both aspirates, assumed a variety of forms that did not permit specific identification. Culture grew Wangiella dermatitidis in both cases. FNA also yielded purulent exudate, multinucleated giant cells, and, in one case, epithelioid histiocytes. Both excised lesions were abscesses, with associated granulomatous inflammation, fibrosis, and plant splinters. Fungi in sections resembled those seen in the aspirates.
KW - Fine‐needle aspiration
KW - Phaeohyphomycosis
KW - dematiaceous fungi
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U2 - 10.1002/dc.2840050313
DO - 10.1002/dc.2840050313
M3 - Article
C2 - 2791836
AN - SCOPUS:0024314078
SN - 8755-1039
VL - 5
SP - 293
EP - 297
JO - Diagnostic Cytopathology
JF - Diagnostic Cytopathology
IS - 3
ER -