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Objective: To review dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP), which is a soft tissue neoplasm of the skin that can rarely affect the genitals., Material and Method: We report a case of inguinal DFSP in a 40-year-old male who presented a slow-growing mass adjacent to the spermatic cord., Results: After extensive surgical resection pathological analysis confirmed the diagnosis of DFSP with resection margins affected, so reoperation with margin exeresis and inguinal orchiectomy was required., Conclusions: DFSP is rarely localized in the inguinoescrotal region and it requires wide excision and sometimes orchiectomy.

A case of authochthonous mycetoma with Petriellidium boydii as the causal agent, located in the third distal of the lower left leg is reported. The patient was a 35 year old male without any associated pathology. It is assumed that the infecting organism entered the tissues through a lesion caused a few years previously during a traffic accident. On admittance patient was found to have two fistulas on the upper part of the external malleolus from which pus with small yellow granules measuring 1 to 1.5 mm in diameter discharged. Fungus was repeatedly isolated in pure culture in all media in which is was sown. Mycological study of the isolated fungus and histopathology of the lesion are presented. The fungus proved in vitro to be sensitive to miconazole nitrate with minimal inhibitory concentration and minimal fungicide concentration values of less than 0.1 microgram/ml. The third distal of the peroneal bone was excised and arthrodesis of the ankle practiced as conservative treatment and miconazole administered intravenously, Eighteen months later clinical evolution is satisfactory.