Skin mucormycosis presenting as an erythema-nodosum-like rash in a renal transplant recipient: a case report

IntroductionCutaneous mucormycosis is a rare entity related to kidney transplantation. It usually presents with ecthyma-like lesions and black necrotic cellulitis.

We report an unusual case of primary cutaneous mucormycosis presenting as erythema-nodosum-like lesions in a woman who had received a renal transplant. Case presentationA 49-year-old woman with diabetes received a living-unrelated kidney transplant.

Her clinical course was uneventful for the first six months after transplantation. She then developed multiple, painful, erythema-nodosum-like lesions on her right leg and thigh following an episode of minor trauma.

Mucormycosis was diagnosed by skin biopsy. Microscopic examination also showed panniculitis.

The patient was treated successfully with amphotericin B and surgical resection. To our knowledge, this is the first description of primary cutaneous mucormycosis with erythema-nodosum-like lesions and panniculitis after renal transplantation.

Conclusion: Cutaneous mucormycosis should be consideredin the differential diagnosis when a kidney transplant recipient develops erythema-nodosum-like lesions with panniculitis.

Author: Nader Nouri-Majalan and Mansour Moghimi
Credits/Source: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2:112

Published on: 2008-04-19

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