title: Intraoral phaeohyphomycosis.
abstract: Phaeohyphomycosis is an infection caused by pigment-producing saprophytic fungi. Systemic infections may occur in the immunocompromised patient. Infection in healthy individuals may result in subcutaneous abscess formation. Oral lesions appear to be rare. A case of intraoral phaeohyphomycosis presenting as a well-demarcated, painful nodule of the anterior hard palate in a 12-year-old healthy male is described. The mass was excised and the diagnosis was established following histopathologic examination of the tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Oral Medicine, College of Dentistry, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, 875 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN 38163, USA. yrawal@uthsc.edu
authors.forename: Yeshwant B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Rawal
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Kalmar
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009967:Orthodontic Appliances; D010155:Palatal Expansion Technique; D060446:Phaeohyphomycosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery