%0 Case Reports
%T [Conidiobolomycosis (rhinofacial entomophthoromycosis) in Gabon. About of one case].
%A Ntsame Ngoua S
%A Iba Ba J
%A Coniquet S
%A Moussirou Soumbou G
%A Boguikouma JB
%J Med Trop Sante Int
%V 3
%N 4
%D 2023 12 31
%M 38390015
暂无%R 10.48327/mtsi.v3i4.2023.457
%X Entomophthoromycosis constitutes a nosological group of subcutaneous mycoses including conidiobolomycosis (rhinofacial form) and basidiobomomycosis (subcutaneous form involving the trunk and the limbs). Conidiobolomycosis is characterized by a progressive nasal and facial deformity giving, in the evolved forms, a "hippopotamus snout". The literature review finds a hundred cases, with a tropism for the humid tropical regions. Methods. We report the observation of a 25-year-old patient, living in the equatorial zone, in the south of Gabon in a humid forest area, presenting a swollen aspect of the face mainly involving the eyelids, the nose and the upper lips.
The diagnosis of entomophthoromycosis was compatible with the histopathological and clinical aspects. The evolution was favorable in terms of facial aesthetics under itraconazole 300 mg/day for 2 months and corticosteroid therapy (bolus of methylprednisone 240 mg/day for 3 days relayed per os at a dose of 0.5 mg/kg/day, i.e. 30 mg/day) of prednisone), maintained for 3 months. The average nasal improvement could not be completed by surgery and the patient was lost to follow-up.
This second observation of conidiobolomycosis in Gabon in the same province makes Ngounié a privileged ecosystem for this affection.