A scoping study of pulmonary paracoccidioidomycosis: severity classification based on radiographic and tomographic evaluation

• Published in: Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Sergio Marrone Ribeiro, Thiago Franchi Nunes, Ricardo de Souza Cavalcante, Anamaria Mello Miranda Paniago, Beatriz Aparecida Soares Pereira, Rinaldo Poncio Mendes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SciELO 2022
• Subjects: Paracoccidioidomycosis; Paracoccidioides sp; Severity classification; Radiographic evaluation; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Toxicology. Poisons; RA1190-1270; Zoology; QL1-991; Arctic; The Portal
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-9199-jvatitd-2022-0053; https://doaj.org/article/a9b07fa0d0fc4583b562f9765fbb1ba0

Abstract The lungs have great importance in patients with paracoccidioidomycosis since they are the portal of entry for the infecting fungi, the site of quiescent foci, and one of the most frequently affected organs. Although they have been the subject of many studies with different approaches, the severity classification of the pulmonary involvement, using imaging procedures, has not been carried out yet. This study aimed to classify the active and the residual pulmonary damage using radiographic and tomographic evaluations, according to the area involved and types of lesions.