title: Dermoscopy assisting the diagnosis of mycetoma: case report and literature review.
abstract: Mycetomas are a chronic skin infection characterized by perilesional edema, formation of sinus tracts, and discharge of purulent or seropurulent exudate containing grains. This report aims to demonstrate the clinical diagnosis (by dermoscopy) of a skin lesion that initially bared no clinical features of a mycetoma.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade Evangélica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Larissa Montanheiro dos
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Reis
authors.affiliation: Faculdade Evangélica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Brunno Zeni de
authors.initials: BZ
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Private clinic, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernando da Cunha
authors.initials: Fda C
authors.lastname: Zillo
authors.affiliation: Faculdade Evangélica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Camila Makino
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Rezende
authors.affiliation: Faculdade Evangélica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lincoln Helder Zambaldi
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Fabricio
authors.affiliation: Faculdade Evangélica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Camila Araujo Scharf
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pinto
mesh_terms: D046169:Dermoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology