A case of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladosporium cladosporioides. MRI brain: infiltrative lesion in skull base with left IJV thrombophlebitis. KOH mount: pigmented septate fungal hyphae. HPE: brownish black hyphal elements. Patient recovered with Vori + Caspofungin

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Cladophialophora bantiana is a neurotropic fungus & the commonest cause of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis. The condition mimics other SOL like tuberculoma & malignancy,making dx challenging.Mortality~70% despite sx & antifungal. Reported an interesting case.
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Phaeohyphomycosis. 200x H&E with granulomas, 1000x GMS with moniliform hyphae, and 1000x H&E with dematiaceous fungus visible within the granuloma.

My poster of a post-transplant recurrent phaeohyphomycosis at #ISNFrontiers .
Interesting to discuss the incidence of this post-Tx fungal infection with nephrologists from other parts of the country.

Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis: brain infection by darkly pigmented dematiaceous fungi. Notice melanin pigment in the fungal walls. Rare, often fatal, and occurrence is unrelated to immune status. #neuropath #pathology #purplepath 🧠 🔬

Spot Dx Unknown #13. Answer and post tomorrow

A. Foreign body. B. Chromomycosis. C. Phaeohyphomycosis. D. Hyalohyphomcyosis

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SCC? Phaeohyphomycosis? Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia? Contamination? What should we do when we find an atypical epithelial proliferation with granulomas and hyphae??? #pathology #dermpath #patología #patologia #dermatopathology #histopathology #dermatology

Phaeohyphomycosis diverse group of pigmented molds commonly in soil and wood and enter skin through trauma. Hyphae=phaeohypho, chromo=no hyphae. Cystic cavity - mixed inflammation with giant cells, histiocytes, and neutrophils. #Dermpath #Dermatology #pathology

Infectious diseases session: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Dr. Ana Ciurea - Phaeohyphomycosis #ISDP2021 #dermpath

Curvularia spp on lactophenol blue prep

Etiologic agents of opportunistic infections, most commonly causing keratitis and allergic/chronic sinusitis. Also causes onychomycosis, mycetoma and phaeohyphomycosis at various sites, including subcutaneous tissue and deep tissues.

Deep fungal infections in solid-organ transplant recipients, 20-year retrospective study from France with 46 cases.
-Phaeohyphomycosis 45.7%
-Hyalohyphomycosis 17.5%
-Crypto 13%
-Histo 4.3%
Are these frequencies similar to what’s seen at your institution? bit.ly/2OXLWXR

Fungus Friday: this one came in as rule out squamous cell carcinoma on the leg of a 70-something year old. Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by one of several dematiaceous fungi, typically from inoculation. #dermpath #dermatology #pathology #dermtwitter

My mnemonic 2 remember phaeohyphomycosis:

*Phaeo (I think of pheomelanin bc it is pigmented [dematiaceous])

*hypho (bc hyphae predominate & lacks Medlar bodies, as opposed to Chromomycosis) and

*mycosis (bc 🍄)

All the rest is in this brilliant 🧵👇🏼

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🧠SPIN case of the week & SPIN 2021 case prize recipient: 'Invasive cerebral phaeohyphomycosis and CARD9 deficiency'

Congratulations Dr Leanne Chin (Leanne Chin)!!

Watch now: youtu.be/a8D0qxowxD4 and join us for more at SPIN 2021

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Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis is a fatal disease known for decades. How can we optimise the diagnostic & treatment strategies? Listen to Alexandre Alanio & Mycology in our upcoming webinar Central Nervous System Infections due to Melanized Fungi. Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/de2e0390…

The Karius Test first detected Exophiala spinifera in 2017. This is an anamorphic #fungus found in soil and decaying wood. It is associated with #mycetoma and phaeohyphomycosis, and can infect both #immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals. #PathogenProfile #mcfDNA

Phaeohyphomycosis. This is an infection caused by dermatiaceous - darkly melanin pigmented - fungi. These organisms are naturally found in soil and wood. Local trauma is usually the method of infection. #dermatology #dermpath #fungi Jerad Gardner, MD Sara Shalin Nicole D. Riddle, MD, MSHI, FCAP (she/her)

#JNSCaseLessons : An illustrative case demonstrating the utility of liquid biopsy in diagnosing isolated cerebral phaeohyphomycosis.
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case report: First isolation of Exophiala dermatitidis from subcutaneous #phaeohyphomycosis in a cat buff.ly/3LNO56d