Clinicopathological study of cutaneous chromoblastomycosis in Pakistan

Objective To recognize commonest clinical presentations of chromoblastomycosis and isolate fungi responsible for causing chromoblastomycosis in our part of the world. Patients and methods The study included all patients with clinical diagnosis of chromoblastomycosis and skin histopathology and fungal culture confirming clinical diagnosis. Results The disease started in all our patients during their childhood. All presented with psoriasiform plaques and showed infection with Phialophora dermatitidis. Conclusion Psoriasiform plaques can be the clinical presentation of chromoblastomycosis. P. dermatitidis is the fungus commonly seen in our enrolled patients