Chronic Paracoccidioidomycosis with adrenal involvement mimicking tuberculosis – A case report from Austria

Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal infection caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and endemic in certain areas of Central and South America. We report a case of a 62-year-old-man with a complex history of tuberculosis and imaging findings of a cerebral lesion and bilateral adrenal enlarg...

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Autores principales: Wagner, Gernot, Moertl, Deddo, Eckhardt, Axel, Sagel, Ulrich, Wrba, Friedrich, Dam, Karl, Willinger, Birgit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5154971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27995053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.12.002
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Sumario:Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal infection caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and endemic in certain areas of Central and South America. We report a case of a 62-year-old-man with a complex history of tuberculosis and imaging findings of a cerebral lesion and bilateral adrenal enlargement. Biopsy of adrenal gland revealed Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. This case highlights the importance of travel history for diagnosis of paracoccidioidomycosis in non-endemic areas and emphasizes the clinical and histopathological similarities with tuberculosis.

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