
Resumo: Os autores relatam caso de doente com história prévia de alcoolismo que apresentou lesões cutâneas ulceradas, nodulares difusas no tronco e nos membros inferiores, acompanhando trajecto dos linfonodos. A doente tinha telerradiografia de tórax que mostrou infiltrado intersticial reticulonodular nas bases. O resultado da cultura de nódulo supraclavicular foi positiva para Sporothrix schenckii. Após tratamento especÃfico, principalmente com iodeto de potássio, houve regressão das lesões cutâneas e do infiltrado.Foi considerada uma discussão sobre as formas de apresentação da doença, ressaltando o acometimento pulmonar. Foram também abordados diagnóstico e tratamento da esporotricose.Rev Port Pneumol 2008; XIV (3): 443-449 Abstract: The authors report a case of a patient with a prior history of alcohol abuse who developed nodules and ulcerated skin lesions on his trunk and lower extremities along the line of the lymphatic draining area. The patient's X-ray showed reticular nodular intersticial infiltrates at the lung bases. There was a positive culture of supraclavicular lymph node for Sporothrix schenckii. After specific treatment using mainly potassium iodide, there was regression of cutaneous lesions and lung infiltrates.The authors present a discussion on the deseases' forms of presentation, highlighting the lung involvement ans further discuss the diagnosis and treatment of sporotrichosis.Rev Port Pneumol 2008; XIV (3): 443-449 Palavras-chave: Esporotricose, lesões cutâneas, infiltrado intersticial nas bases, Key-words: Sporotrichosis, cutaneous lesions, intersticial infiltrates of lung bases
Diseases of the respiratory system, RC705-779
Diseases of the respiratory system, RC705-779
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