Cutaneous localized annular chromoblastomycosis

• Published in: Journal of cutaneous pathology Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 257 - 261
• Main Authors: Salgado, Claudio G., Da Silva, Moises B., Yamano, Suellen S. P., Salgado, Ubirajara I., Diniz, José A. P., Da Silva, Jorge P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2009; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Administration, Cutaneous; Antifungal Agents - pharmacology; Ascomycota; Biological and medical sciences; Chromoblastomycoses; Chromoblastomycosis - drug therapy; Chromoblastomycosis - microbiology; Chromoblastomycosis - pathology; Dermatology; Fonsecaea pedrosoi; Human mycoses; Humans; Infectious diseases; Itraconazole - pharmacology; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mitosporic Fungi; Mycoses; Tropical mycoses; Infection; Skin disease; Anatomic pathology; Mycosis; Dermatology; Chromoblastomycosis; Skin; Localized

Chromoblastomycosis (CBM) is a difficult‐to‐treat dermal mycosis characterized by the presence of round, pigmented, sclerotic bodies formed by black fungi found in polymorphic lesions. According to the morphology of a lesion, different clinical types of the disease have been described. We present th...