Table 1: Diagnosis and distribution by sex of chromoblastomycosis (Ch) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in patients and the controls (normal skin).

Diagnosis Patients Biopsies Female Male
Chromoblastomycosis 11 21 1 10
Invasive SCC 21 22 9 12
Well differentiated 12 13
Moderately differentiated 7 7
Poorly differentiated 2 2
Normal skin 13 20 7 6