title: Phaeomycotic cysts caused by Phoma species.
abstract: Phoma species are primarily phytopathogens which have been reported to sporadically cause human disease. We report a patient with phaeohyphomycotic cysts caused by Phoma species, which were initially mistaken for ganglions.
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, The Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center and Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. shawn_vasoosushilan@rush.edu
authors.forename: Shawn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vasoo
authors.forename: Lee Kien
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Yong
authors.forename: Priyanka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sultania-Dudani
authors.forename: Mary Lou
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Scorza
authors.forename: Marin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sekosan
authors.forename: Kathleen G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Beavis
authors.forename: Gregory D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Huhn
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003560:Cysts / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology