Dermoscopy assisting the diagnosis of mycetoma: case report and literature review

AUTOR(ES)

Reis, Larissa Montanheiro dos, Lima, Brunno Zeni de, Zillo, Fernando da Cunha, Rezende, Camila Makino, Fabricio, Lincoln Helder Zambaldi, Pinto, Camila Araujo Scharf

FONTE

An. Bras. Dermatol.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2014-09

RESUMO

Mycetomas are a chronic skin infection characterized by perilesional edema, formation of sinus tracts, and discharge of purulent or seropurulent exudate containing grains. This report aims to demonstrate the clinical diagnosis (by dermoscopy) of a skin lesion that initially bared no clinical features of a mycetoma.

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