1991
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1991000200013
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Paracoccidioidomicose de localização intramedular e cerebral

Abstract: It is reported our diagnosis and therapeutical experience with a patient that presented clinical, radiological and tomographical manifestations of paracoccidioidomycosis with involvement of lungs, brain and spinal cord. Besides being a rare case the authors call attention for the extreme difficulty in defining the final diagnosis, which was achieved only after laminectomy and surgical biopsy of the intra spinal cord tumor at the C5 level. The patient received two series of treatment with ketoconazole (400-600 … Show more

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“…However, these findings do not allow precise differentiation with other expansive lesions, especially tuberculotic or toxoplasmotic granulomas or even some types of neoplasias. The neuroradiological characteristics of intramedullary granulomas are also nonspecific 4,5,14,18,33 . Myelography and myelotomography demonstrate an enlargement of the spinal cord with full or partial blockade of the spinal canal.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…However, these findings do not allow precise differentiation with other expansive lesions, especially tuberculotic or toxoplasmotic granulomas or even some types of neoplasias. The neuroradiological characteristics of intramedullary granulomas are also nonspecific 4,5,14,18,33 . Myelography and myelotomography demonstrate an enlargement of the spinal cord with full or partial blockade of the spinal canal.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…A doença é endêmica entre os países da América Latina, ocorrendo desde o México (20º N) até a Argentina (35º S), sendo Brasil, Venezuela, Equador e Peru, os países com maior número de casos 2,7,8,12,13 . Embora se tenha registro da micose em alguns países da Europa e América do Norte, admite-se que tais pacientes tenham estado previamente em áreas endêmicas.…”
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“…Embora se tenha registro da micose em alguns países da Europa e América do Norte, admite-se que tais pacientes tenham estado previamente em áreas endêmicas. No Brasil, onde a prevalência é maior (5,6 a 17,5 % em estudos com testes intradérmicos 1,12,13 ) a doença incide predominantemente na região Sudeste e em particular nos estados de São Paulo e Minas Gerais 2,7 . A paracoccidioidomicose-doença tem sido constatada em todas as faixas etárias a partir dos três anos de idade 7,10 preponderando, entretanto, entre os 30 e 50 anos.…”
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