Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome associated with paracoccidioidomycosis Síndrome oculoglandular de Parinaud associada à paracoccidioidomicose

The authors report one case of Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome associated with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection. No other medical report of this condition was found in the medical literature available at Index Medicus and Medline. The eye involvement has been rather uncommon in paraco...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Paulo Sérgio Gonçalves da COSTA, Beatriz Vitória Sabbagh HOLLANDA, Raimunda Violante Campos de ASSIS, Sandra Márcia Carvalho Ribeiro COSTA, Lena Márcia de Carvalho VALLE
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2002
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652002000100008
https://doaj.org/article/127a3877113c4af2a7052300b5987503
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Summary:The authors report one case of Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome associated with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection. No other medical report of this condition was found in the medical literature available at Index Medicus and Medline. The eye involvement has been rather uncommon in paracoccidioidomycosis and this report emphasizes the possibility of this kind of presentation making it also necessary to include paracoccidioidomycosis among the several known causes of Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome. Os autores relatam um caso de síndrome oculoglandular de Parinaud associada à infecção por Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Nenhum outro relato desta condição foi encontrado na literatura médica disponível pelo Index Medicus e Medline. O envolvimento ocular é incomum na paracoccidioidomicose e este relato enfatiza a possibilidade deste tipo de apresentação, tornando-se necessário incluir a paracoccidioidomicose entre as várias causas conhecidas de síndrome oculoglandular de Parinaud.