Chromoblastomycosis (Mycetoma Form) Treated by Surgical Excision

Chromoblastomycosis

“…2 The first case of chromoblastomycosis in the United States occurred in Massachusetts in 1915 and was described by Medlar3 and Lane4 in separate publications. Since Carri\l=o'\n's 1 review of the literature, three other cases have been reported in this country, by Mundt and Moore 5 in Louisiana, by Conway and Berkeley 6 in New York, and by French and RussellT in Michigan (their patient apparently having contracted his disease in South Carolina). Moore, Cooper, and Weiss8 reported two cases from Missouri in 1943, but with this exception, all observers and groups of observers have reported only single cases, though Moore 9 had collaborated in an earlier report, also from Missouri, in 1940.…”

“…One, in which the duration was 20 years (Case 5), involved the anterior and lateral aspects of the foot and leg to just below the knee. Two others, both on the elbow, were, respectively, 6 The etiologic diagnosis was established in seven cases by microscopic demonstra¬ tion of the typical dark-brown, oval, septate bodies in potassium hydroxide prepara¬ tions. Cultures on Sabouraud's medium and inoculations of chick embryo yolk sacs were positive in eight cases.…”