RESUMO

This is the first description of solitary phaeohyphomycosis affecting the mucosal surface. The lesion developed in the inferior lip of a 57-year-old woman. After surgical resection, histopathological examination evidenced characteristic brownish fungal structures within granulomatous-purulent inflammation. Amplification and sequencing of rDNA obtained from paraffin-embedded tissue identified Alternaria species, as the causative agent.

Assuntos

Doenças Labiais/diagnóstico , Micoses/diagnóstico , Alternaria/isolamento & purificação , Feminino , Humanos , Doenças Labiais/patologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mucosa Bucal/microbiologia , Mucosa Bucal/patologia , Micoses/patologia