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Volume 25, Number 4—April 2019
Synopsis

Lobomycosis in Soldiers, Colombia

Claudia M. Arenas1, Gerzain Rodriguez-Toro, Andrea Ortiz-FlorezComments to Author , and Ingrid Serrato
Author affiliations: Hospital Militar Central, Bogota, Colombia (C.M. Arenas, I. Serrato); Universidad del la Sabana, Chia, Colombia (G. Rodriguez-Toro); Fundacion Universitaria Sanitas, Bogota (A. Ortiz-Florez)

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Figure 4

Lobomycosis in a 40-year-old soldier (case-patient 4), Colombia. A) Phototype V lesion on the left cheek with papules that became confluent and formed a lobulated plaque with a smooth and shiny surface. B) Periodic acid–Schiff staining of a biopsy specimen from the lesion shows multiple yeasts of uniform size, and thick walls are seen inside phagocytoses (original magnification ×40).

Figure 4. Lobomycosis in a 30-year-old soldier (case-patient 4), Colombia. A) Phototype V lesion on the left cheek with papules that became confluent and formed a lobulated plaque with a smooth and shiny surface. B) Periodic acid–Schiff staining of a biopsy specimen from the lesion shows multiple yeasts of uniform size, and thick walls are seen inside phagocytoses (original magnification ×40).

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1Current affiliation: Hospital Universitario Centro Dermatologico Federico Lleras Acosta, Bogota, Colombia.

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