Primary blastomycosis of oral cavity
| Autor: | Marius Bredell, Carole Gengler, Roger A. Zwahlen, Astrid L Kruse, Christine Dannemann, Klaus W. Grätz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Male
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Biopsy Oral cavity Blastomycosis Surgical Flaps Diagnosis Differential Medicine Humans Mandibular Diseases Head and neck Blastomyces biology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Blastomyces dermatitidis General Medicine Middle Aged biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Otorhinolaryngology Surgery Differential diagnosis business Switzerland |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of craniofacial surgery. 21(1) |
| ISSN: | 1536-3732 |
| Popis: | Blastomycosis is an uncommon male-predominant disease caused by the fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis. The lungs are most commonly affected, and other organs are usually involved by dissemination. Clinical feature and pathohistologic findings are similar to the appearance of squamous cell carcinoma.A 52-year-old male patient who has lived as a farmer on the countryside in Argentina for 35 years presented with an initial histopathologic diagnosis of a squamous cell carcinoma of the right lower jaw. There was no history of pulmonary disease, in particular fever, coughing, or hemoptysis. Final pathohistologic evaluation after resection revealed B. dermatitidis infection. This article presents the first described case of oral manifestation of B. dermatitidis infection in Switzerland.Manifestation of blastomycosis in oral tissue can mimic the feature of a squamous cell carcinoma and can therefore be a diagnostic pitfall that head and neck surgeons and a pathologist should be aware of. |
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