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01-08-2015 | Case Report

Bone involvement by Sporothrix schenckii in an immunocompetent child

Authors: Bruno Niemeyer de Freitas Ribeiro, Renato Niemeyer de Freitas Ribeiro, Claudia Renata Rezende Penna, Ana C. Frota

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 9/2015

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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Title: Bone involvement by Sporothrix schenckii in an immunocompetent child
Authors: Bruno Niemeyer de Freitas Ribeiro
Renato Niemeyer de Freitas Ribeiro
Claudia Renata Rezende Penna
Ana C. Frota
Publication date: 01-08-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue 9/2015
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-015-3299-7

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Bone involvement by Sporothrix schenckii in an immunocompetent child

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