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Tropical Diseases:

I Leishmaniasis
II Paracoccidioidomycosis
III Blastomycocis
IV Chromoblastomycosis
V Lepra
VI Sporotrichosis
VII Histoplasmosis
VIII Rhinosporidiosis
IX Mycetomas
X Rhinoscleroma
XI Chagasdisease
XII Actinomycosis
XIII Mucormycosis
XIV Amoebiasis
XV Protothecosis
XVI Lobomycosis
XVII Phaeohyphomycosis
XVIII Pruritus actinicus
XIX Bite of snake
XX Coccidioidomycosis

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II. Paracoccidioidomycosis

Case 12. Paracoccidioidomycosis / Xanthomatous dermatofibroma

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Fig. 12-B1: Xanthomatous dermatofibroma

A five-year old boy from Barinas was developing a slowly growing subcutaneous tumor in the right submandibular region. It had a diameter of 1 cm and is hard and painless. The biopsy allowed the histological diagnosis.

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Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Los Andes
Merida - Venezuela