A case report of imported paracoccidioidomycosis

Authors

  • Ramiro Carvalho Serviço de Medicina II do Hospital Fernando Fonseca
  • Fátima Branquinho Serviço de Medicina II do Hospital Fernando Fonseca
  • Rita Theias Serviço de Medicina II do Hospital Fernando Fonseca
  • Maria do Carmo Perloiro Serviço de Medicina II do Hospital Fernando Fonseca

Keywords:

Paracoccidioidomycosis, endemic mycosis

Abstract

Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is an important endemic mycosis
in South America. In Europe the disease is very rare and only found in travellers from Latin America.
We report a case of a 24 year old man, Brazilian born, living in
Portugal for 7 years (during this period of time the patient didn’t
return to Brazil), otherwise healthy, admitted to our Hospital with
low grade fever, weight loss (about 5Kg), nonspecific epigastric
pain, anorexia, fatigue, peripheral lymphadenopathy and papule-nodular skin lesions with central ulceration involving the head, face and trunk; laboratory results revealed hypereosinophilia.
A surgical lymph node and cutaneous biopsy was performed.
The histopathology result was consistent with PCM.
Treatment with antifungal therapy was commenced immediately
with clinical improvement.

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Published

2009-09-30

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Carvalho R, Branquinho F, Theias R, Perloiro M do C. A case report of imported paracoccidioidomycosis. RPMI [Internet]. 2009 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 18];16(3):170-2. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/1416

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Vol. 16 No. 3 (2009): Julho/ Setembro

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Case Reports

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