Background
Candida infections are rare in immunocompetent patients. However, it has
considerable importance and prevalence in immunocompromised patients
such as transplant and cancer patients 1. Patients
with cancer are at higher risk of candidiasis mainly due to
chemotherapy-induced suppression of innate and adaptive immune cells as
well as disruption of epithelial barriers 2.
The manifestations are usually categorized into mucocutaneous or
invasive forms. Typical presentations of mucocutaneous form can be seen
as paronychia, intertrigo, thrush, vulvovaginitis, and esophageal
candidiasis. Candidemia is the most easily recognized manifestation of
invasive candidiasis, but it can involve virtually any anatomic site and
cause widespread visceral dissemination 3. However,
subcutaneous and intra-muscular candidal abscess formation is very rare,
even in immunocompromised patients, and can be seen as case reports in
the literature 4. According to our knowledge, this is
a rare case of concurrent hepatosplenic candidiasis and Candida albicans
muscular abscess in a person with AML type M3.