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Published on: February 2, 2024
Fungal infection by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis mimicking bone tumor
Elvis Terci Valera1, Bianca Maria Mori, Edgard Eduard Engel
1Division of Pediatric Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil. etvalera@hcrp.fmrp.usp.br
Abstract:
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection causes a systemic mycosis originally described in Latin America but with current reports of worldwide distribution. The clinical presentation of paracoccidiodomycosis as an isolated long-bone lesion in children is quite unusual. This article describes a 10-year-old male with a lytic femoral bone lesion caused by P. brasiliensis infection that was first suspected of being of neoplasic etiology. The text also emphasizes the importance of including endemic fungal infections in the differential diagnosis of bone lesions.
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