Abstract: The patient was a 54-year-old woman. She had diffuse erythema, papules, and nodules on the right cheek for 4 months. Dermatological examination: diffuse erythema on the right cheek, multiple rice-to-bean large papules and nodules on the surface. Fungal culture was positive and identified as Sporothrix globosa. The patient was diagnosed as sporotrichosis. Treatment: itraconazole 0.1 g twice daily orally was given, and the skin lesions were significantly improved after 1 month of treatment than before.

Key words: sporotrichosis, face, herpes zoster