Medullary Paracoccidioidomycosis Treated Successfully with Oral Itraconazole
| Autor: | Timóteo Abrantes de Lacerda Almeida, Eduardo Felipe Martinelli Baldissera, Matheus Pintos Brunet, Marcelo Ughini Crusius, Paulo Sérgio Crusius, Charles André Carazzo, Rafael Augusto Espanhol, Adroaldo Baseggio Mallmann, Pedro Radalle Biasi, Wellinton Souza |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Medullary cavity Paracoccidioidomycosis Itraconazole business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Common disease lcsh:R lcsh:Surgery lcsh:Medicine lcsh:RD1-811 medicine.disease Spinal cord medicine.anatomical_structure central nervous system infection medicine medullary paracoccidioidomycosis Surgery Neurology (clinical) business Expansive medicine.drug Endemic mycosis |
| Zdroj: | Brazilian Neurosurgery, Vol 35, Iss 04, Pp 352-356 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 2359-5922 0103-5355 |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-0035-1571267 |
| Popis: | Paracoccidioidomycosis is the most prevalent endemic mycosis in Latin America, with a great incidence in Brazil. Although a common disease, its medullary form is rare. We present a case report of medullary paracoccidioidomycosis presenting with subacute, progressive, spinal cord symptoms, and with multiple expansive lesions into the cervical and thoracic spinal cord. The patient was treated with itraconazole and showed good clinical and radiologic recovery upon six months of follow-up. |
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