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 Introduction

Tropical Diseases:

I Leishmaniasis
II Paracoccidioidomycosis
III Blastomycocis
IV Chromoblastomycosis
V Lepra
VI Sporotrichosis
VII Histoplasmosis
VIII Rhinosporidiosis
IX Mycetomas
X Rhinoscleroma
XI Chagasdisease
XII Actinomycosis
XIII Mucormycosis
XIV Amoebiasis
XV Protothecosis
XVI Lobomycosis
XVII Phaeohyphomycosis
XVIII Pruritus actinicus
XIX Bite of snake
XX Coccidioidomycosis

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XV. Prototecosis

Case 65. Prototecosis / Carcinoma

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Fig. 65-A1

Fig. 65-A1
Fig. 65-A1: Protothecosis

In the lower leg of an older immigrant from Syria,living for a long time in Mérida / Venezuela, a tumor like swelling with a slightly elevated large ulcer is present showing a grey colour and haemorrhages. The patient refers that this skin lesion appeared the first time many years ago after bathing in a lake of an island in the Karibik. All kinds of treatment were useless. Several doctors suspected a mycetoma.

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Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Los Andes
Merida - Venezuela