A RARE CASE OF PRIMARY CUTANEOUS ASPERGILLOSIS OF THE SCALP IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT

I. Hallab*, A. Kinanyc, H. Kerrouch H. Titou, O. Boudi, R. Friekh, N. Hjira and Mohammed Boui

ABSTRACT

Aspergillosis is a rare invasive fungal infection caused by numerous species of aspergillus. Few species of Aspergillus are pathogenic in human existence. The most frequent are aspergillus fumigatus and flavus.[1] Cutaneous aspergillosis remain an uncommon form, it may be primary, affecting the site of skin trauma or secondary due to hematogenous spread from a contiguous anatomic location.[2] Here we describe a rare case of primary cutaneous aspergillosislocated on the scalp in an immunocompetent host, witch continue to be undiagnosed for a long period of time by dermatologists.

Keywords: Aspergillosis Scalp mycosis griseofulvin.