Auricular chromoblastomycosis: case report Cromoblastomicose auricular: relato de um caso

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Achiléa Lisboa Bittencourt, Alberto T. Londero, Jacy A. F. Andrade
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1994
• Subjects: Cromoblastomicose; Micoses subcutâneas; Fungos demaciáceos; Lesão auricular; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Sob’
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651994000400014; https://doaj.org/article/0b77021975c647b0ac08943e4324f2fe

It is presented a case of auricular chromoblastomycosis mimicking an eczematous lesion. The authors refer the rarity of this localization. All reported cases of auricular chromoblastomycosis have been caused by Fonsecaea pedrosoi but in the present case the etiologic agent was Phialophora verrucosa....