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Valeria Alvarez-Rivero1, Rigoberto Hernandez-Castro, Gabriela Moreno-Coutiño
1Valeria Alvarez Rivero, MD, is Internal Medicine Resident, Hospital Ángeles Metropolitano, Mexico City, Mexico. At the Dr. Manuel Gea González General Hospital in Mexico City, Rigoberto Hernandez-Castro, PhD, DVM, MSc, is Research Scientist and Head of Department; Gabriela Moreno-Coutiño, MD, is Attending Physician, Mycology Department; and Adriana Lozano-Platonoff, MD, is Researcher, Interdisciplinary Wound and Ostomy Care Center, Division of Dermatology. The authors have disclosed no financial relationships related to this article. Submitted May 22, 2019; accepted in revised form August 5, 2019.
Abstract:
The authors present the case of a 45-year-old immunosuppressed man with lower extremity ulcers. Initially treated as venous ulcers, the wounds were later correctly diagnosed as cutaneous disseminated sporotrichosis. After appropriate treatment with systemic antifungals was initiated, the patient healed within 4 months.
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