Granulomatous panniculitis caused by Candida albicans: a case presenting with multiple leg ulcers

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1993 Feb;28(2 Pt 2):315-7. doi: 10.1016/0190-9622(93)70044-t.

Abstract

A 61-year-old woman had rapidly enlarging ulcers on both legs and three draining subcutaneous nodules on the left thigh. Findings of skin biopsy specimens revealed granulomatous panniculitis with a large number of blastospores and pseudohyphae. Candida albicans was cultured from the ulcers, the nodules, the mouth, the esophagus and gastric juice, feces, and urine. The ulcers healed after 5 months of therapy with itraconazole. Predisposing factors were diabetes mellitus, dysfunction of the hypothalamic-pituitary system, hypochromic anemia, and prior treatment with a broad-spectrum antibiotic. In contrast to three other reported cases of Candida panniculitis, our patient had not undergone immunosuppressive therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Candidiasis, Cutaneous* / pathology
  • Female
  • Granuloma / microbiology*
  • Granuloma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Leg Ulcer / microbiology*
  • Leg Ulcer / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Panniculitis / microbiology*
  • Panniculitis / pathology