title: [Keloid paracoccidioidomycosis assessed with gallium].
abstract: This rare mycosis is caused by Paracoccidiodis loboii and is found mainly among indians of the Amazon forest. It is a cutaneous disease. No visceral affection was ever described, though generalized skin disease has been reported. One case of cheloid paracoccidioidomycosis was studied with gallium-67. The radiopharmaceutical has accumulated in the affected area and in a lymph node, although adenomegaly be rare. Degree of accumulation was discrete/moderate but the patient had been under irregular treatment for 10 years. As no laboratorial data are evaluable for this affection, gallium-67 may represent a means of disease extent and therapy efficacy evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Radiologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina Universidade de São Paulo, Brésil.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Braga
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Abreu
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rivitti
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Tedesco-Marchesi
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Gambini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barritault
mesh_terms: D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D005708:Gallium; D006801:Humans; D007627:Keloid / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010229:Paracoccidioidomycosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
chemical_list: D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D005708:Gallium
vernacular_title: La paracoccidioidomycose chéloïde étudiée avec le gallium.