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Paracoccidioidomycosis: an uncommon clinical presentation
Fecha
2020-11-01Registro en:
Anais Brasileiros De Dermatologia. New York: Elsevier Science Inc, v. 95, n. 6, p. 740-742, 2020.
0365-0596
10.1016/j.abd.2020.06.001
S0365-05962020000600740
WOS:000591032700013
S0365-05962020000600740.pdf
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Institución
Resumen
Paracoccidoiomycosis is a systemic mycosis with a higher incidence in mates with history of exposure to the rural environment; its classic clinical manifestation is an oro-pulmonary lesion. The authors report a case of a female, urban, 76-year-old patient with atypical clinical-dermatological presentation and diagnostic conclusion after histopathologicat examination. The clinical response was quick and complete after treatment with itraconazole 400 mg/day in the first month, decreased to 200 mg/day until the sixth month of treatment. (C) 2020 Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U.