PMC5739151_01
Skin lesions of disseminated trichosporonosis. A, subcutaneous abscesses of the right thigh. B, Pretibial abscess after fistulization. C, Computer-Tomography Scanner views show deep-seated T inkin collection of the anterior left tight muscular compartment (dart). D, Direct examination of Trichosporon with potassium hydroxide: yeastlike cells and pseudomycelium.
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The patient was admitted to the hospital because of multiple abscesses, painful swelling of the left thigh (Fig 1, A and B), fever, and chills. Computed tomography scan found a voluminous (17 x 9 x 9 cm) walled-off collection of the left thigh and subcutaneous, transplant, and pericardial fat abscesses (Fig 1, C). Direct mycologic examination of abscess contents with 10% potassium hydroxide found yeastlike cells, pseudomycelium, and true mycelium (Fig 1, D).