Chromoblastomycosis

Background

• Causative fungi
  • Fonsecaea pedrosoi (most common): present in Brazil, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Japan, and Madagascar
  • Cladosporium carrionii
  • Phialophora verrucosa
  • Rhinocladiella aquaspersa

Clinical Presentation

• Chronic localized fungal infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue that produces raised, scaly lesions, usually in the lower extremities
• Lesions are warty, cauliflower-like, pathognomonic muriform cells (copper penny) found on histology