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Oral paracoccidioidomycosis or squamous cell carcinoma?
Estela Kaminagakura1, Edgard Graner, Oslei Paes de Almeida
1Department of Oral Diagnosis, Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba-SP, Brazil.
General Dentistry
|April 2, 2004
Abstract:
Paracoccidioidomycosis is a deep, systemic, and progressive mycosis caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Oral lesions normally are multiples with a mulberry-like appearance. This article reviews an unusual case involving a chronic, solitary, and ulcerated lesion whose clinical aspects were similar to squamous cell carcinoma. Viewed microscopically, the lesion showed pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia and non-necrotizing granulomas. The patient was treated with systemic ketoconazole. Over the next 11 years, follow-up examinations were performed but no recurrence was observed.