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
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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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author Wagner, Gernot
Moertl, Deddo
Eckhardt, Axel
Sagel, Ulrich
Wrba, Friedrich
Dam, Karl
Willinger, Birgit
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description 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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spelling pubmed-51549712016-12-19 Chronic Paracoccidioidomycosis with adrenal involvement mimicking tuberculosis – A case report from Austria Wagner, Gernot Moertl, Deddo Eckhardt, Axel Sagel, Ulrich Wrba, Friedrich Dam, Karl Willinger, Birgit Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report 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. Elsevier 2016-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5154971/ /pubmed/27995053 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.12.002 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Chronic Paracoccidioidomycosis with adrenal involvement mimicking tuberculosis – A case report from Austria
title Chronic Paracoccidioidomycosis with adrenal involvement mimicking tuberculosis – A case report from Austria
title_full Chronic Paracoccidioidomycosis with adrenal involvement mimicking tuberculosis – A case report from Austria
title_fullStr Chronic Paracoccidioidomycosis with adrenal involvement mimicking tuberculosis – A case report from Austria
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title_short Chronic Paracoccidioidomycosis with adrenal involvement mimicking tuberculosis – A case report from Austria
title_sort chronic paracoccidioidomycosis with adrenal involvement mimicking tuberculosis – a case report from austria
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url 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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