Case report of subcutaneous entomophthoromycosis with retroperitoneal invasion
The authors describe a case of entomophthoromycosis in a previously healthy patient, who presented with an abscess in the right buttock. After surgical drainage it evolved into a retroperitoneal tumor. The patient improved clinically after resection of the mass and ketoconazole treatment. The histop...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:a326c773941c4df0a5f79184d282df52 2023-05-15T14:57:38+02:00 Case report of subcutaneous entomophthoromycosis with retroperitoneal invasion Leonora Maciel de Souza Vianna Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de Lacerda Mário Augusto Pinto de Moraes 2005-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/a326c773941c4df0a5f79184d282df52 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822005000400014&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 https://doaj.org/article/a326c773941c4df0a5f79184d282df52 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 38, Iss 4, Pp 348-350 (2005) Basidiobolus ranarum Zygomycosis Entomophthorales Clinical features Histopathology Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2005 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T03:21:25Z The authors describe a case of entomophthoromycosis in a previously healthy patient, who presented with an abscess in the right buttock. After surgical drainage it evolved into a retroperitoneal tumor. The patient improved clinically after resection of the mass and ketoconazole treatment. The histopathological analysis showed the Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon, suggesting Basidiobolus ranarum infection, a zygomycosis generally restricted to the subcutaneous tissue, with rare gastrointestinal involvement. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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The authors describe a case of entomophthoromycosis in a previously healthy patient, who presented with an abscess in the right buttock. After surgical drainage it evolved into a retroperitoneal tumor. The patient improved clinically after resection of the mass and ketoconazole treatment. The histopathological analysis showed the Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon, suggesting Basidiobolus ranarum infection, a zygomycosis generally restricted to the subcutaneous tissue, with rare gastrointestinal involvement. |
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Leonora Maciel de Souza Vianna Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de Lacerda Mário Augusto Pinto de Moraes |
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Case report of subcutaneous entomophthoromycosis with retroperitoneal invasion |
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Case report of subcutaneous entomophthoromycosis with retroperitoneal invasion |
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Case report of subcutaneous entomophthoromycosis with retroperitoneal invasion |
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Case report of subcutaneous entomophthoromycosis with retroperitoneal invasion |
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Case report of subcutaneous entomophthoromycosis with retroperitoneal invasion |
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case report of subcutaneous entomophthoromycosis with retroperitoneal invasion |
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