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Intraoral Phaeohyphomycosis

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Phaeohyphomycosis is an infection caused by pigment-producing saprophytic fungi. Systemic infections may occur in the immunocompromised patient. Infection in healthy individuals may result in subcutaneous abscess formation. Oral lesions appear to be rare. A case of intraoral phaeohyphomycosis presenting as a well-demarcated, painful nodule of the anterior hard palate in a 12-year-old healthy male is described. The mass was excised and the diagnosis was established following histopathologic examination of the tissue.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Oral Medicine, College of Dentistry, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, 875 Union Avenue, Memphis, 38163, TN, USA

    Yeshwant B. Rawal

  2. The Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Columbus, OH, USA

    John R. Kalmar

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Rawal, Y.B., Kalmar, J.R. Intraoral Phaeohyphomycosis. Head and Neck Pathol 6, 481–485 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12105-012-0357-4

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