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Adult , Ascomycota/isolation & purification , Chin/microbiology , Chin/pathology , Chromoblastomycosis/diagnosis , Chromoblastomycosis/pathology , Face/microbiology , Histocytochemistry , Humans , Male , Microscopy , Skin Ulcer/microbiology , Skin Ulcer/pathology , Warts/microbiology , Warts/pathologyABSTRACT
Three morphological varieties of hyperkeratotic and verrucous skin lesions on the anterior aspect of ankle joints in patients with leprosy are described: (i) verrucous lesions with thread-like horny projections similar to filiform warts; (ii) irregular compact hyperkeratotic lesions with deep fissures in between; and (iii) hyperkeratotic lesions with linear fissures corresponding to the transverse creases on the anterior aspect of the ankle. Chemical cautery was useful for the treatment of the first two varieties, and a potent topical corticosteroid with salicylic acid was useful for the third.
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Adult , Humans , Keratosis/microbiology , Leg/microbiology , Leprosy/drug therapy , Male , Middle Aged , Skin/microbiology , Warts/microbiologyABSTRACT
Os autores descrevem um caso de feohifomicose com lesao verrucosa no halux esquerdo. O paciente nao apresentava sinais clinicos de deficiencia imunologica. Os exames direto e histopatologico mostraram celulas leveduriformes e poucas hifas septadas, demacioides, essenciais ao diagnostico desta micose. O cultivo em lamina permitiu identificar o hifomiceto como Biopolaris hawaiiensis.