2009
DOI: 10.11606/issn.2317-0190.v16i1a103044
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Paracoccidioidomicose – acometimento encefálico e medular: relato de caso

Abstract: A paracoccidioidomicose (PCM) é uma micose sistêmica, tipo granulomatosa, sendo o Brasil responsável por 80% dos casos relatados no mundo. Mesmo em zonas endêmicas, sua incidência é baixa (3-4 novos casos/milhão até 1-3 novos casos/100mil habitantes ao ano). Relatamos um caso do sexo feminino, 54 anos, procedente do meio rural, região norte do estado de Goiás, centrooeste do Brasil. Durante investigação para síndrome compressiva medular foi identificada lesão tumoral em nível torácico, submetida à ressecção e … Show more

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“…However, simultaneous involvement of other organs or systems may not occur. 1,6,9,15 Smoking and alcoholism are often associated. 2 One of the reasons for the difficulty in establishing a diagnosis in patients without systemic disease is that the neuroradiological characteristics of the lesions are not specific, being impossible to differentiate them from granulomas caused by tuberculosis, toxoplasmosis, cysticercosis, cryptococcosis or even glial and metastatic neoplasia.…”
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“…However, simultaneous involvement of other organs or systems may not occur. 1,6,9,15 Smoking and alcoholism are often associated. 2 One of the reasons for the difficulty in establishing a diagnosis in patients without systemic disease is that the neuroradiological characteristics of the lesions are not specific, being impossible to differentiate them from granulomas caused by tuberculosis, toxoplasmosis, cysticercosis, cryptococcosis or even glial and metastatic neoplasia.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, simultaneous involvement of other organs or systems may not occur. 1 6 9 15 Smoking and alcoholism are often associated. 2…”
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