2 results match your criteria: "Tropical Dermatology Clinic[Affiliation]"
Case for diagnosis. Infiltrated areas on the trunk.
An Bras Dermatol
November 2020
Tropical Dermatology Clinic, Fundação de Dermatologia Tropical e Venereologia Alfredo da Matta, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Leprosy is an infectious disease with chronic evolution, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an acid-fast bacillus that mainly affects the skin and peripheral nervous tissue. Many of the clinical manifestations of leprosy can mimic connective tissue diseases. The authors present the case of a 49-year-old woman who had been treated for four years for systemic lupus erythematosus in a rheumatological service.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhat is your diagnosis? Keloidal cord-like lesion on the leg.
An Bras Dermatol
June 2020
Department of Dermatopathology, Fundação Alfredo da Matta de Dermatologia e Venereologia, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Article Synopsis
- - A 74-year-old male visited a dermatology clinic in Manaus, Amazonas, complaining of itchy, keloidal lesions on his left leg that had persisted for a year.
- - A histopathological examination revealed round structures in the reticular dermis, and staining identified numerous round yeasts that suggested a fungal infection.
- - The patient was diagnosed with lobomycosis, a condition characterized by keloidal lesions, though the unusual linear arrangement along his leg was noted as atypical.