A retrospective study of 325 cases of chromoblastomycosis diagnosed in the
last 55 years in the Amazon region was carried out by the main Mycology ser
vices of the state of Para, Brazil (Department of Tropical Pathology UFPA a
nd Mycology Department of the Evandro Chagas Institute/FNS). The data obtai
ned showed that: (a) the main age group affected by the diseases range from
41 to 70 years-old, (b) 86.1% of the patients were agricultural-workers, (
c) 93.2% of them were males and (d) 80.7% showed lesions on the lower limbs
(feet and legs). The diagnosis of 62% of the cases was confirmed by labora
tory studies considering the tissue form in histopathological analysis. in
24% of patients (78 cases), the etiological agent was isolated and identifi
ed through culture. Fonsecaea pedrosoi was present in 77 cases and Phialoph
ora verucosa in only one case.