Thirty cases of chromoblastomycosis were diagnosed at Hospital dos Servidores do Estado do Maranhão, from November, 1988 to March, 1993. The authors report 2 (6.6%) cases, that presented an association with leprosy. The first patient developed both diseases together, showing palpable bilateral cubital nerves, perforanting ulcer of the right foot, infiltration and lesions in verrucoid plaques in left leg, with positive biopsy for dimorphic leprosy. The second case, a patient with history of lepromatous leprosy for 30 years without treatment, with vegetant lesions with a warty aspect in right elbow for 12 months, histopathologic and positive culture for chromoblastomycosis. The possible factors for development of this disease in these patients are discussed.
BT - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7855367?dopt=Abstract DA - 1994 Oct-Dec DO - 10.1590/s0037-86821994000400007 IS - 4 J2 - Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. LA - por N2 -Thirty cases of chromoblastomycosis were diagnosed at Hospital dos Servidores do Estado do Maranhão, from November, 1988 to March, 1993. The authors report 2 (6.6%) cases, that presented an association with leprosy. The first patient developed both diseases together, showing palpable bilateral cubital nerves, perforanting ulcer of the right foot, infiltration and lesions in verrucoid plaques in left leg, with positive biopsy for dimorphic leprosy. The second case, a patient with history of lepromatous leprosy for 30 years without treatment, with vegetant lesions with a warty aspect in right elbow for 12 months, histopathologic and positive culture for chromoblastomycosis. The possible factors for development of this disease in these patients are discussed.
PY - 1994 SP - 241 EP - 4 T2 - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical TI - [Chromoblastomycosis associated with leprosy: report of 2 cases]. VL - 27 SN - 0037-8682 ER -