Hidden under a Cauliflower-Like Skin Tumor: Chromoblastomycosis
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Hidden under a Cauliflower-Like Skin Tumor: Chromoblastomycosis
We present the case of an 80-year-old patient with a recurrent hyperpigmented and cauliflower-like skin tumor on the stump of his left index finger. Despite suggestive clinical appearance for chromoblastomycosis the tumor was initially clinically and also histopathologically misdiagnosed as recurrent squamous cell carcinoma. Due to a cardiogenic shock, the patient died shortly after the diagnos...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2090-6625,2090-6633
DOI: 10.1155/2013/450153