A Diabetic Elderly Man with Finger Ulcer.
Fixed cutaneous sporotrichosis is a differential diagnosis that can be considered in diabetic patients who present with a poorly healing ulcer. Although its prevalence is low, it can occur in patients with immunocompromised status. Here we report a case of a 70-year-old man with diabetes mellitus who presented with a 1-month history of an unhealed ulcer over the tip of his left middle finger. He experienced a cat bite over his left middle finger 1 month prior to the appearance of the lesion. A skin biopsy revealed the presence of Sporothrix schenckii. Oral itraconazole 200 mg twice daily was started empirically and the patient showed marked improvement in the skin lesion after 2 months of therapy.
['Mohamad|Noraini|N|https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1179-3005', 'Badrin|Salziyan|S|', 'Wan Abdullah|Wan Noor Hasbee|WNH|']
Ulcer Sporotrichosis Diabetes Mellitus Itraconazole