Oral phaeohyphomycosis in a patient with squamocellular carcinoma of the lip: second case report

AUTOR(ES)

Andrade, Suanni Lemos de, Leal, André Ferraz Goiana, Lacerda Filho, Armando Marsden, Macêdo, Danielle Patrícia Cerqueira, Lima, Maria do Carmo Carvalho de Abreu e, Neves, Rejane Pereira

FONTE

Braz. J. Microbiol.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2017-06

RESUMO

Abstract This communication reports the second known case of oral phaeohyphomycosis in a patient with squamocellular carcinoma of the lip. The patient, an 82-year-old black woman, a former smoker (for more than 30 years), suffering from an ulcerous vegetative lesion in the middle third of the lower lip for approximately 12 months. The result of the histopathological analysis indicated carcinoma, with well-differentiated keratinized squamous cells and the presence of septate mycelial filaments. In the direct mycological examination, thick and dematiaceous septate mycelial filaments were observed. After the resection surgery, the patient did not need to use an antifungal drug to treat the phaeohyphomycosis, and no follow-up radiotherapy was needed to treat the squamocellular carcinoma. We stress that the presence of the squamocellular lesion of the lip was a possible contributing factor to the infection.

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