Chromoblastomycosis: Report of Two Cases from Nepal
| Autor: | Vijay Kumar Garg, Basudha Khanal, Arun Agarwalla, Mary Jacob, Manorama Deb, Sudha Rani, Sudha Agrawal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Dorsum medicine.medical_specialty Hand Dermatoses Dermatology Leg Dermatoses Severity of Illness Index Anti tuberculosis Nepal Biopsy Humans Medicine Aged Chromoblastomycosis integumentary system medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Lupus vulgaris Dematiaceous Biopsy Needle General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Treatment Outcome Clinical diagnosis Itraconazole business Cladosporium Foot (unit) Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Dermatology. 29:315-319 |
| ISSN: | 0385-2407 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2002.tb00270.x |
| Popis: | Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic fungal infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by dematiaceous fungi. The first case, a 67-year-old male farmer, presented with itchy hyperkeratotic, scaly plaques with scarring and black dots on the lateral aspects of his left arm and dorsum of his left hand of 28 years duration. The case was clinically diagnosed as chromoblastomycosis. The second case, a 75-year-old farmer, presented with erythematous, crusted, scaly plaques on the dorsum of the left foot of 30 years duration. Initially, a clinical diagnosis of lupus vulgaris was made, but treatment with anti tuberculosis therapy showed no improvement. On the basis of histopathological examinations of skin biopsies and isolation of fungus on culture, both cases were diagnosed as chromoblastomycosis. To the best of our knowledge, these two cases are the first case reports of chromoblastomycosis from Nepal and are presented for their academic interest. |
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