<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-id>0120-4157</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Biomédica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Biomed.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-4157</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Nacional de Salud]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S0120-41572025000300345</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.7705/biomedica.7407</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Nódulo cutáneo de feohifomicosis en una mujer joven]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Pheohyphomycosis skin nodule in a young woman]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rojas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Carolina]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arévalo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Karen Viviana]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gerzaín]]></given-names>
</name>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de La Sabana Facultad de Medicina ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Chía ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Dermatológico Federico Lleras Acosta E.S.E Programa de Dermatología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá, D. C. ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Fundación Universitaria Sanitas Programa de Dermatología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá, D. C. ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>45</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>345</fpage>
<lpage>349</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-41572025000300345&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-41572025000300345&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-41572025000300345&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Se trata de una mujer de 28 años que, desde hacía cinco años, presentaba un nódulo asintomático de crecimiento lento y de 10 mm de diámetro en el muslo derecho, el cual clínicamente parecía corresponder a un dermatofibroma o a un queloide. El nódulo se extirpó y la histopatología demostró prominentes granulomas dérmicos ricos en células gigantes, con ocasionales abscesos diminutos y con presencia de abundantes levaduras pigmentadas, de pared oscura, algunas en cadenas, e hifas tabicadas o septadas, de pared negruzca, que inicialmente sugirieron cromoblastomicosis. La abundancia de hifas moniliformes, en cadenas lineales, permitieron concluir que se trataba de una feohifomicosis cutánea, sin penetración a la hipodermis. Se resaltan la cronicidad de la afección, su forma localizada y la prominencia de granulomas ricos en células gigantes, sin abundancia de abscesos. Se desconoce la evolución de la paciente ya que no regresó a control.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract We present a 28 year-old woman with a five-year history of an asymptomatic slowly growing 10 mm nodule on her right thigh, with clinical features suggestive of either a dermatofibroma or a keloid. The nodule was excised, and histopathological examination revealed prominent dermal granulomas containing numerous giant cells, focal microabscesses, abundant pigmented yeasts with dark walls -some arranged in chains-, and septate hyphae with blackish walls, findings initially suggestive of chromoblastomycosis. The abundance of moniliform hyphae arranged in linear chains allowed us to diagnose cutaneous pheohyphomycosis without hypodermal invasion. We highlight the chronic nature of the condition, its localized presentation, and the prominence of granulomas rich in giant cells -with scarce abscesses- as notable findings. The patient&#8217;s clinical course remains unknown, as she did not return for follow-up.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Phaeohyphomycosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[mycosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[dermatology]]></kwd>
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