Anal paracoccidioidomycosis: an unusual presentation of disseminated disease

We report a patient with an unusual anal ulceration. The biopsy of an anal lesion and subsequent studies revealed a disseminated form of paracoccidioidomycosis, observed in the lungs, small and large bowel. The anorectal disease frequently represents a secondary site of disease, and the patient must...

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Main Authors: René Aloisio da Costa Vieira, Ademar Lopes, Henrique Vilela Oliveira, Otávio Monteiro Becker Júnior, Danillo Stanzani Júnior, Abaete Leite do Carmo, Moacir de Ribeiro de Castro Junior
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2001
Subjects:
Paracoccidioidomycosis
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Anorectal disease
South American Blastomycosis
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/2f8298d283364a33b34cca246d4dbb55
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Summary:We report a patient with an unusual anal ulceration. The biopsy of an anal lesion and subsequent studies revealed a disseminated form of paracoccidioidomycosis, observed in the lungs, small and large bowel. The anorectal disease frequently represents a secondary site of disease, and the patient must be better evaluated.

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