Subcutaneous Basidiobolomycosis Presenting as Soft Tissue Sarcoma Mimicker: A Case Report

Wasin Netsuwan; Sethawut Ruangsirinusorn

doi:10.31584/jhsmr.20251291

Authors

Wasin Netsuwan Takfa Hospital, Takfa, Nakhonsawan 60190, Thailand.
Sethawut Ruangsirinusorn Navamin 9 Hospital, Minburi, Bangkok 10510, Thailand.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31584/jhsmr.20251291

Keywords:

Basidiobolomycosis, Basidiobolus, Entomophthoramycosis, Sarcoma

Abstract

A 20-year-old Thai woman from Takfa, Nakhonsawan, presented with a painful, progressively enlarging, erythematous mass on the right thigh over 2 months; initially suspected to be soft tissue sarcoma, she was later diagnosed with subcutaneous Basidiobolomycosis based on histopathology and fungal culture. She responded well to oral itraconazole and potassium iodide solution.

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