Lôbo’s Disease (Keloidal Blastomycosis)

  • Jan P. Wiersema
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Part of the Handbuch der Speziellen Pathologischen Anatomie und Histologie book series (SPEZIELLEN, volume 3 / 5)

Abstract

Lôbo’s disease is a chronic infection of the skin caused by Blastomyces Lôboï, and characterized by very slowly growing tumors of the dermis, which are composed of granulomatous inflammatory tissue with numerous spherical fungal cells.

Keywords

Giant Cell Fungal Cell Fungal Medium Microscopic Pathology Capsular Material 
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  • Jan P. Wiersema
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  1. 1.USA

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