Intestinal paracoccidioidomycosis simulating colon cancer


Autoria(s): Chojniak,Rubens; Vieira,René Aloisio da Costa; Lopes,Ademar; Silva,Joaquim Costa Altenfender; Godoy,Carlos Eduardo
Data(s)

01/06/2000

Resumo

We report a case of intestinal involvement of Paracoccidioidomycosis, in a patient considered to have colonic cancer. The diagnosis of this mycosis should be considered when an abdominal mass associated with intra-lesional calcifications on X-ray is observed. CT scans increase the findings.

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Identificador

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822000000300010

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT

Fonte

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical v.33 n.3 2000

Palavras-Chave #Paracoccidioidomycosis #Colonic cancer #Computed tomography #Intra-lesional calcifications
Tipo

journal article