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. 2024 Oct 30;14(4):e2024236.
doi: 10.5826/dpc.1404a236.

Non-invasive Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis of Chromoblastomycosis

Giulio Cortonesi  1 , Davide Cosetti  1 , Mariano Suppa  2 , Cyril Habougit  3 , Jean-Luc Perrot  4 , Elisa Cinotti  1
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Non-invasive Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis of Chromoblastomycosis

Giulio Cortonesi et al. Dermatol Pract Concept. .
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Figure 1
(A) Clinical, (B) dermoscopic, and (C) dermoscopy ×400 images.
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Figure 2
(A) Histological, (B) reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM), and (C-E) line-field confocal optical coherence tomography (LC-OCT) images. Both RCM and LC-OCT show hyperreflective roundish structures in the superficial dermis suggestive of fungal structures.
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