Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ahn, Jae Hoon
• Park, ChanJoo
• Lee, Choong Woo
• Kim, Yoon-Chung

Titel

Cryptococcal Osteomyelitis of the First Metatarsal Head in an Immunocompetent Patient

Ist Teil von

• Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, 2017-05, Vol.107 (3), p.248

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Most fungal infections primarily occur in immunocompromised patients. We describe a case of osteomyelitis involving the first metatarsal head due to Cryptococcus neoformans in a previously healthy immunocompetent patient. She was treated with surgical debridement combined with antifungal drug therapy for 6 months. At 5-year follow-up, she remained symptom free with full range of motion of the first metatarsophalangeal joint. Fungal osteomyelitis should be considered as a possible cause in osteolytic lesions in the metatarsal bone.