[Keloid paracoccidioidomycosis assessed with gallium].
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.
Braga
F J
FJ
Departamento de Radiologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina Universidade de São Paulo, Brésil.
Abreu
P R
PR
Rivitti
M C
MC
Tedesco-Marchesi
L C
LC
Gambini
D J
DJ
Barritault
L
L
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
D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D005708:Gallium
La paracoccidioidomycose chéloïde étudiée avec le gallium.