A Case of Recurrent Chromoblastomycosis Treated with Multiple Surgical Management Options - PubMed
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- A 59-year-old male presented with a slowly enlarging scaly plaque on the left forearm, diagnosed as chromoblastomycosis via biopsy revealing Medlar bodies.
- Due to a contraindication with itraconazole (patient on rosuvastatin), treatment involved surgical management: curettage and cautery with cryotherapy.
- At 12-month follow-up, a crusted area suggested recurrence, confirmed by shave biopsy, but subsequent excisional biopsy showed no evidence of the infection.
- This case underscores the use of multiple surgical options when medical therapy is not feasible and highlights the challenge of recurrence, with repeat biopsies aiding in monitoring.