%0 Journal Article %T Lacaziose simulando hansen¨ªase dimorfa tubercul¨®ide %A Tubilla %A Liana Hort¨ºncia Miranda %A Schettini %A Ant£¿nio Pedro Mendes %A Eiras %A Josie da Costa %A Gra£¿a %A Claudia Zanardo Alves da %A Frota %A Maria Zeli Moreira %J Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia %D 2008 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia %R 10.1590/S0365-05962008000300011 %X lacaziosis is a chronic skin infectious disease caused by the fungus lacazia loboi, which usually results in indolent cutaneous keloid-like lesions. it was first described by jorge lobo, in 1931, in a patient from the amazon region. we report a case of lacaziosis, manifested by an erythematous infiltrated plaque, causing misdiagnosis with paucibacillary leprosy, since both diseases are endemic in amazon basin. %K leprosy %K borderline %K leprosy %K borderline [diagnosis] %K mycoses %K skin diseases %K infectious %K tropical medicine. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0365-05962008000300011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en