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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 6

Lobomycosis in a 24-year-old soldier (case-patient 6), Colombia. A) Erythematous-violaceous infiltrated plaque (4 cm x 3 cm) with a shiny surface on the right forearm and typical leishmaniasis cicatricial plaque on the same limb. B) Testing of biopsy sample from the lesion. Epidermis shows no hyperplasia or ulceration, but dermis shows diffuse inflammation rich in vacuolated macrophages; Grocott-Gomori staining shows yeast cells (original magnification ×2.5).

Figure 6. Lobomycosis in a 24-year-old soldier (case-patient 6), Colombia. A) Erythematous-violaceous infiltrated plaque (4 cm x 3 cm) with a shiny surface on the right forearm and typical leishmaniasis cicatricial plaque on the same limb. B) Testing of biopsy sample from the lesion. Epidermis shows no hyperplasia or ulceration, but dermis shows diffuse inflammation rich in vacuolated macrophages; Grocott-Gomori staining shows yeast cells (original magnification ×2.5).

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

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