An Unusual Case of Sporotrichosis and a Statistical Survey 1974∼1987 at Our University Hospital

Abstract

A 68-year-old male farmer had scattered cutaneous lesions on his left lower eyelid and left cheek. These lesions fit neither the cutaneous lymphatic type nor fixed type of sporotrichosis. He was successfully treated with oral potassium iodide. A statistical study was made on 11 patients with sporotrichosis, who visited the Department of Dermatorogy, St. Marianna University Hospital between February of 1974 and December of 1987. Eight out of eleven patients were male. The ages of the patients ranged from 19 to 87 years old. The onset of the disease occured in summer in five cases. A history of injury was noted in six cases. All cases showed positive sporotrichin reactions. The site of residence for all the patients at the time of onset was Kawasaki city. The results observed were compared with statistical observations in Kanagawa prefecture and in other areas. It was thus found that relatively few cases of sporotrichosis visited our university hospital.