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Case Reports
. 2024 Mar 6:44:100639.
doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2024.100639. eCollection 2024 Jun.

Paracoccidioidomycosis after eyebrow micropigmentation: Unusual reactivation or a new form of transmission by cutaneous inoculation?

Vítor Falcão de Oliveira  1 , Mariane Taborda  1 , Adriana Satie Gonçalves Kono Magri  1 , Anna Sara Shafferman Levin  1 , Marcello Mihailenko Chaves Magri  1
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Paracoccidioidomycosis after eyebrow micropigmentation: Unusual reactivation or a new form of transmission by cutaneous inoculation?

Vítor Falcão de Oliveira et al. Med Mycol Case Rep. .

Abstract

We report a case of unusual paracoccidioidomycosis reactivation after eyebrow micropigmentation in a Brazilian patient. The cutaneous lesion was the only clinical manifestation. Direct cutaneous inoculation in dermal tissues with Paracoccidioides sp. is extremely rare, explaining why paracoccidioidomycosis is not classically considered a cutaneous implantation mycosis.

Keywords: Cutaneous implantation mycosis; Eyebrow micropigmentation; Paracoccidiodomycosis; Paracoccidioidomycosis reactivation.

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Fig. 1
Facial lesion after eyebrow micropigmentation A: Large vegetative plaque on the right eyebrow, with purulent secretion; B: The lesion cleared after 9 months of oral itraconazole (200 mg/day).
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Skin biopsy revealed yeasts suggestive of Paracoccidioides sp. A: Hematoxylin and eosin staining showing yeast cells with multiple buds; B: Histological section stained by the Grocott method.
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