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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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XX. Coccidioidomycosis

Case 70. Coccidioidomycosis / Eccrine poroma

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Fig. 70-A1

Fig. 70-A1
Fig. 70-A1: Coccidioidomycosis

A 19-years old female patient from Barinitas in the State Barinas / Venezuela presents a hen´s egg-like skin tumor in the centre of her forehead below the hair of the head which is slightly fluctuant. The patient lost weight permanently in the last time had a heavy cough and produces abundant partly haemorrhagic mucus. In addition, a large abscess developed in the subscapular region of the back.

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Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Los Andes
Merida - Venezuela