Multifocal muscle candidiasis of the legs in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Opportunistic infections frequently develop in immunocompromised patients, such as those with hematological malignancies, causing significant mortality. Early diagnosis of invasive fungal infections is often important and difficult due to the difficult nature of confirming infection using cytologic and histologic findings. However, we report the first case of candidal infection leading to muscle abscesses in the legs of a patient with leukemia.

Patient concerns

A 60-year-old man with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) presented with multifocal muscle abscesses of the legs.

Diagnoses

Multifocal muscle candidiasis of the legs was confirmed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy of 2 of the calf lesions.

Interventions

After treatment with amphotericin B and flucytos

SUBMITTER: Yi P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6408043 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature