Journal Title Acta Medica Iranica Journal Abbreviation acta Publisher Group Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) Website http://acta.tums.ac.ir

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Title	PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS: CUTANEOUS, SUBCUTANEOUS, NASOPHARYNGEAL LESIONS
Authors	M. Rasoolinejad, ; M. Haji Abdolbaghi, ; M. Emami, ; M. Zarchi, ; M. Gerami,
Abstract	Phaeohyphomycosis is an amalgam of clinical diseases caused by a wide variety of dematiaceous fungi. We are reporting on a 16 year-old patient from Amol with subcutaneous cervical nodes and nasopharyngeal lesions of phaeohyphomycosis that were confirmed by pathological examination, direct smear, and culture. After treatment with an oral triazole (Itraconazole) for 4 months, all nodes and lesions disappeared and treatment was stopped A new lesion appeared on his chest wall 8 months, therapy with itraconazole was restarted and commuted for a long time.
Publisher	Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Date	2012-10-20
Source	Acta Medica Iranica Vol 37, No 1 (1999)

 

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