Multifocal Pseudotumorous Form of Neuroparacoccidioidomycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Clinicopathological Review Based on a Case Report

Multifocal Pseudotumorous Form of Neuroparacoccidioidomycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Clinicopathological Review Based on a Case Report

Neuroparacoccidiodimycosis (NPDM) is an uncommon granulomatous disease, which more frequently affects immunocompromised male patients over 30 years of age in the course of chronic lung disease. Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (PB) is an endemic fungus in Brazil, and grows as thick-walled yeast (with r...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Cambruzzi, Karla Lais Pêgas, Gabriella Bezerra Cortês Nascimento, José Nathan Andrade Muller da Silva, Natália Brandelli Zandoná, William Pegoraro Kus, Felipe Lourezon Schiavo, Samir Cezimbra dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2020-11-01
Series:Brazilian Neurosurgery
Subjects:
paracoccidiodomycosis
south american blastomycosis
paracoccidioides brasiliensis
central nervous system
mycosis
pathology
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1719005

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