[A cutaneous parasitosis rarely observed in France: chromomycosis].
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.
Gall
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Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pahologique B, Hôpital Pontchaillou, Rennes.
Lulin
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Couatarmanac'h
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Cotton
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Chevrant-Breton
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Ramee
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D000328:Adult; D002862:Chromoblastomycosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology
Une parasitose cutanée rarement observée en France: la chromomycose.