title: [Dermatology in the tropics].
abstract: The Author reviews the cases diagnosed in the Republic of Panama of Mycetoma, Paracoccidioidosis, Lobo's disease, Chromomycosis, Histoplasmosis, Rhinosporidiosis, Sporotrichosis, Lepra, Rhinoscleroma, and cutaneous and mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis, and mentions the observed clinical manifestations in order to familiarize young physicians with the tropical dermatopathology which occurs in the rural areas of the country.
authors.affiliation: La Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Panamá.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tapia Collantes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007897:Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / Q000453:epidemiology; D007918:Leprosy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010176:Panama / Q000453:epidemiology; D012226:Rhinoscleroma / Q000453:epidemiology; D012424:Rural Population; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology; D014330:Tropical Medicine
vernacular_title: Dermatologia en el tropico.