Artigo Produção Nacional Revisado por pares

Disseminated lobomycosis

2008; Wiley; Volume: 47; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03678.x

ISSN

1365-4632

Autores

Carolina Talhari, Camila Bandeira Oliveira, Mônica Nunes de Souza Santos, Luis Carlos Ferreira, Sinésio Talhari,

Tópico(s)

Nail Diseases and Treatments

Resumo

Abstract Lobomycosis, also known as Jorge Lobo's disease, is a granulomatous, chronic fungal disease that involves the skin and subcutaneous tissue. The disease has been reported in South American, Central and North American countries, being particularly frequent in the Brazilian Amazon region. We report a case of disseminated lobomycosis in an 86 year‐old Brazilian woman with a 55‐year history of disseminated cutaneous lesions.

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