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.