2009 Volume 119 Issue 1 Pages 49-53
We report two cases of cutaneous sporotrichosis with atypical clinical features. Case 1 was a 48-year-old man who had a pyoderma gangrenosum-like ulcerated lesion on his left upper arm. Case 2 was a 51-year-old woman who presented with a zosteriform arrangement of papules and nodules on her lower back. In both patients, the diagnosis of sporotrichosis was established on the basis of the histological and fungal findings. Both skin lesions improved with oral administration of potassium iodide. The atypical clinical features were considered to be caused by the topical application of corticosteroid ointment. In addition, we also reviewed 38 cases with sporotrichosis seen in our department from 1994 to 2007.
