title: Chromomycosis presenting as soft-tissue mass: report of a case with MRI features.
abstract: Chromomycosis is primarily a skin disease that superficially presents as slowly growing, verrucous lesions, often warty or cauliflower-like in appearance. It may occasionally create a flat, plaque-like lesion in the skin but deep-seated tumorous presentation has not previously been reported. As the lesion is limited to the cutaneous and superficial subcutaneous tissues, hitherto reported cases have been described from the view point of dermatology and, so, without MRI study. We report a patient with pathologically proven chromomycosis that produced a subcutaneous mass in the dorsum of the hand with an emphasis on MRI features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Uijongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, 65-1, Geumohdong, Uijongbu, Gyunggido 480-821, Korea. wjbahk@catholic.ac.kr
authors.forename: Won-Jong
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Bahk
authors.forename: Eun-Deok
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Kyung-Ah
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: An-Hi
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jung-Mi
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Yong-Whee
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Bahk
mesh_terms: D002862:Chromoblastomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged