Tumoral chromoblastomycosis: a rare manifestation with typical complementary exams

An Bras Dermatol. 2015 Nov-Dec;90(6):907-8. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20154490.

Abstract

Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic subcutaneous fungal infection caused by traumatic implantation of dematiaceous fungi in the skin. The clinical presentation is usually a verrucous plaque lesion and the diagnosis is confirmed by the visualization of muriform bodies at direct examination or at the histologic study. This report describes a rare case of tumoral chromoblastomycosis confirmed by histologic study and whose agent was identified by culture and micromorphology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Ascomycota / isolation & purification*
  • Biopsy
  • Chromoblastomycosis / microbiology*
  • Chromoblastomycosis / pathology*
  • Cladosporium / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Photography
  • Skin / microbiology