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 Introduction

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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III. Blastomycocis

Case 29. Blastomycocis / Skin abscess

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Fig. 29-A2

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Fig. 29-A2
Fig. 29-A2: Blastomycosis

The histology of his skin tumor on the nose shows a thickening of the epidermis and a granulation tissue with several giant cells. Some large yeast-like cells were laying partly in histiocytes. They could be fungal cells of B. dermatitidis. The marked tropism of the skin is typical in this mycosis. HE stain.

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Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Los Andes
Merida - Venezuela