Phaeomycotic cyst. A case with a lesion containing a wooden splinter

Iwatsu, T.; Miyaji, M.

Archives of Dermatology 120(9): 1209-1211

1984


ISSN/ISBN: 0003-987X
PMID: 6476859
Document Number: 222438
A case of chromomycosis due to Exophiala jeanselmei is reported in a 45-yr-old diabetic wife of a carpenter. Examination of the cyst following surgical excision revealed that it contained a wooden splinter. It is suggested that the fungus entered the skin on the wooden splinter.

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