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SUBMITTER: Wang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6024029 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Medicine 20180601 25
<h4>Rationale</h4>Cutaneous mucormycosis is an uncommon disease and occurs rarely in immunocompetent patients.<h4>Patient concerns</h4>We reported the case of a 37-year-old man presenting with a skin lesion on the left side of the chest wall with no history of trauma or primary diseases. He was firstly misdiagnosed as tuberculosis and the proper treatment was thus delayed.<h4>Diagnoses</h4>Histopathological examination and fungal culture of the lesion confirmed cutaneous mucormycosis. The isolat ...[more]