1. SPOROTRICHOSIS-LIKE LESIONS CAUSED BY A <em>PAECILOMYCES</em> GENUS FUNGUS.
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Leigheb, Giorgio, Mossini, Antonietto, Boggio, Paosl, Gattoni, Massimo, Bornacina, Guido, and Griffanti, Pierangela
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SPOROTRICHOSIS ,PAECILOMYCES ,ERYTHEMA ,EDEMA ,CUTANEOUS manifestations of general diseases ,PERIODIC health examinations ,EOSINOPHILS - Abstract
A sportrichosis like lesions caused by a paecilomyces genus fungus was formed in a 58-year old woman. Physical examination revealed diffuse erythema and edema of the back of the left foot extending to the whole third toe, which was bluish with a small erosion on its back. There was a scab on the tip of the toe and under the nail. Two reddish-purple, dome-shaped, rather tough nodules, 3 cm and 1 cm in diameter, respectively, were present on the back of the foot and on the anterior surface of the middle of the leg. A biopsy taken from the nodule on the foot revealed the presence in the dermis of a microgranulomatous infiltrate containing eosinophils with a tendency to form microabscesses.
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- 1994
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