Verrucous Onychomycosis Caused by Curvularia in a Patient with Congenital Pterygium
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Mary Vineetha1, Seena Palakkal1, K Sobhanakumari1
1Department of Dermatology, Government Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
Abstract:
A 57 year healthy farmer with congenital nail pterygium presented with a verrucous growth on nail bed since 8 months. He was not diabetic and HIV rapid card test negative. Our clinical diagnosis was chromoblastomycosis but culture showed growth of curvularia species on two occasions and histopathology showed hyphal and yeast forms of the pigmented fungus. After excision biopsy patient was started on oral itraconazole. This case is reported due to rarity of verrucous cutaneous lesions caused by curvularia in immunocompetent individuals.
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