title: [A cutaneous parasitosis rarely observed in France: chromomycosis].
abstract: The authors report a case of chromomycosis presenting like a tumoral lesion in a patient coming from the Isle de Mayotte. The causative agent is Fonsecaea pedrosoi. The evolution was favorable after surgical treatment. The epidemiology, the histopathological features, the diagnosis problems and the evolution of the illness are studied.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pahologique B, Hôpital Pontchaillou, Rennes.
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Gall
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lulin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Couatarmanac'h
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cotton
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chevrant-Breton
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Ramee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002862:Chromoblastomycosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Une parasitose cutanée rarement observée en France: la chromomycose.