1990 Volume 52 Issue 2 Pages 256-259
Phaeohyphomycosis due to Exophiala jeanselmei in a 76-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus and hypertension was reported. She developed a subcutaneous nodule on the left hand and was treated by an operation at another hospital. However, 4 months after the operation two small nodules appeared on both sides of the operation scar. Some cellular immunological tests were also abnormal. Isolated organims from the lesion were identified as Exophiala jeanselmei. The histopathological findings showed a subcutaneous abscess walled by a mixed cell granuloma. There were many spores and hyphae in the granuloma. The patient was successfully treated by operation without antimycotics.
