PMC3937489_01
Subcutaneous nodule over the left knee
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F1
It was freely mobile over the underlying structure [Figures 1 and 2].
Satellite nodules
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F2
It was freely mobile over the underlying structure [Figures 1 and 2].
Furrowed colonies at 3 days on Sabourads Dextrose Agar
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F3
Agar at 30 C showed flat creamy brown, furrowed colonies with pale reverse by 3 days [Figure 3]. After about a week, satellite colonies have developed and the colonies have turned brown in colour [Figure 4].
Growth at 10 days with brown pigmentation and satellite colonies
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F4
Agar at 30 C showed flat creamy brown, furrowed colonies with pale reverse by 3 days [Figure 3]. After about a week, satellite colonies have developed and the colonies have turned brown in colour [Figure 4].
Lactophenol cotton blue preparation of the growth
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F5
Lactophenol cotton blue wet mount demonstrated aseptate hyphae and smooth walled zygospores with characteristic conjugation beaks, which confirmed the fungus to be B. ranarum [Figure 5].
Healed lesion
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F6
Complete resolution of the lesions was seen by 8 weeks after initiation of treatment [Figure 6].