Tumoral chromoblastomycosis: a rare manifestation with typical complementary exams

Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic subcutaneous fungal infection caused bytraumatic implantation of dematiaceous fungi in the skin. The clinicalpresentation is usually a verrucous plaque lesion and the diagnosis isconfirmed by the visualization of muriform bodies at direct examination orat the histologic study. This report describes a rare case of tumoralchromoblastomycosis confirmed by histologic study and whose agent wasidentified by culture and micromorphology.