biostudies-literatureUnknown15Welfringer AWe report a rare case of phaehyphomycosis in a 71-year-old heart transplant recipient Togo native patient. Four months after the transplant, he presented painless nodules on the right heel with superficial ulceration. The polyphasic identification uncovered a rare cause of phaehyphomycose: V. botryosa. The treatment combined surgical excision of the lesions and anti-fungal therapy with posaconazole. We discussed eleven reported cases in literature since 1990.Medical mycology case reports21-24https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5300299biostudies-literatureA rare fungal infection: Phaehyphomycosis due to <i>Veronaea botryosa</i> and review of literature.PMC5300299Vuong VArgy NChochillon CWelfringer AHarent SVindrios WDescamps VRollin GDeschamps LJoly VfalseA rare fungal infection: Phaehyphomycosis due to <i>Veronaea botryosa</i> and review of literature.We report a rare case of phaehyphomycosis in a 71-year-old heart transplant recipient Togo native patient. Four months after the transplant, he presented painless nodules on the right heel with superficial ulceration. The polyphasic identification uncovered a rare cause of phaehyphomycose: V. botryosa. The treatment combined surgical excision of the lesions and anti-fungal therapy with posaconazole. We discussed eleven reported cases in literature since 1990.2017-01-01T00:00:00Z2017 Mar2024-12-03T17:47:22.949Z2019-03-27T02:36:11ZS-EPMC53002992821743510.1016/j.mmcr.2017.02.001