Diagnosis: Phaeohyphomycosis
Note:
We considered this chromoblastomycosis but,
technically, with the short duration, small
lesion size, lack of pseudoepitheliomatous
hyperplasia and lack of intraepidermal abscesses,
the broader term phaeohyphomycosis,
of which chromoblastomycosis is a subset,
appears to be more appropriate in this case.
Additional Clinical Information
Three weeks earlier, the patient punctured
his finger with a splinter.
The indurated papule formed at the site of
puncture.
Links to PubMed for References
Phaeohyphomycosis:Fine tuning the terminology
Phaeohyphomycosis:Percutaneous inoculation
Phaeohyphomycosis:Variable morphology
Phaeohyphomycosis:Chromoblastomycosis, A Review
Phaeohyphomycosis:An area with a high concentration of cases
Phaeohyphomycosis:Madagascar Therapeutic Study
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