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Chromoblastomycosis: Report of Two Cases from Nepal
Author(s) -
Agarwalla Arun,
Khanal Basudha,
Garg Vijay K.,
Agrawal Sudha,
Jacob Mary,
Rani Sudha,
Deb Manorama
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2002.tb00270.x
Subject(s) - chromoblastomycosis , dorsum , lupus vulgaris , medicine , dermatology , pathology , tuberculosis , anatomy
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.