| chromoblastomycosis caused by chaetomium funicola: a case report from western panama. | little is known about opportunistic fungi causing skin lesions in tropical countries such as panama. we report an 83-year-old man from chiriquí, western panama, with crusted skin lesions covering tumorous masses resembling bowen's disease of the skin on the dorsum of his right hand. fungal cultures were obtained on different nutrient media from disinfected superficial skin scrapings and fragments taken from a deep skin biopsy. deep skin biopsy showed the presence of globose, dark fungal cells in ... | 2007 | 17634084 |