Chromomycosis presenting as soft-tissue mass: report of a case with MRI features.
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.
Bahk
Won-Jong
WJ
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
Chang
Eun-Deok
ED
Chun
Kyung-Ah
KA
Lee
An-Hi
AH
Park
Jung-Mi
JM
Bahk
Yong-Whee
YW
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