Lobomycosis in a military soldier from Chocó
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https://doi.org/10.29176/2590843X.1675Keywords:
Keloid; Lacazia loboi; Lobomycosis; Subcutaneous mycosisAbstract
Lobomycosis is a rare subcutaneous mycosis, prevalent in the tropical and subtropical regions of Central and South America, with a predominance in the Amazon forest. It is caused by the traumatic implantation of the Lacazia loboi fungus in the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Its clinical manifestations are solitary or multiple keloid-type dermal nodules that converge to form slow-growing, painless plaques. Diagnosis is
made by histopathological identification of the fungus. For treatment, surgical removal of the lesions is the choice, associated with itraconazole and clofazimine when there are disseminated lesions, but the results are not highly effective as reported in the literature. We present a case of Lobomycosis in a male professional soldier of the National Army from Choco, who initially presented a papule with subsequent progression to a nodule on the left leg of 15 years of evolution. In this article we highlight the clinical and diagnostic characteristics of the diseas
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