Sarcoid-like cutaneous lesions in chronic adult paracoccidioidomycosis: report of two cases

ABSTRACT This study reports two cases of chronic paracoccidioidomycosis with sarcoid-like cutaneous lesions. The patients began the treatment in 2013 at Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho (HUCFF) of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). The first case (mild form) was treated...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Nurimar C. Fernandes, Júlia Gomes Côrtes, Tiyomi Akitti, Danielle Carvalho Quintella, Tulia Cuzzi
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Subjects:
Paracoccidioidomycosis
Sarcoidosis
Epidemiology
Diagnosis
Classification
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946201759036
https://doaj.org/article/86f690ff75ab4ee99da86d05c24d302b
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Summary:ABSTRACT This study reports two cases of chronic paracoccidioidomycosis with sarcoid-like cutaneous lesions. The patients began the treatment in 2013 at Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho (HUCFF) of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). The first case (mild form) was treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (8 mg /kg per day, orally) for three months and, then, with half the dose for nine months; the second (moderate form), with itraconazole (200 mg per day, orally) for 12 months. We point out the rareness of the sarcoid-like cutaneous lesions and the differential diagnoses for other granulomatous diseases.

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