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Case Reports
. 2007 Feb;60(2):204-5.
doi: 10.1136/jcp.2005.035808.

Oral phaeohyphomycosis

S V Cardoso  1 , S S Campolina, A L S Guimarães, P R Faria, E M da C Costa, R S Gomez, A Rocha, R B Caligiorne, A M Loyola
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Case Reports

Oral phaeohyphomycosis

S V Cardoso et al. J Clin Pathol. 2007 Feb.

Abstract

This is the first description of solitary phaeohyphomycosis affecting the mucosal surface. The lesion developed in the inferior lip of a 57-year-old woman. After surgical resection, histopathological examination evidenced characteristic brownish fungal structures within granulomatous-purulent inflammation. Amplification and sequencing of rDNA obtained from paraffin-embedded tissue identified Alternaria species, as the causative agent.

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