Osteomyelitis by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (South American blastomycosis): cytologic diagnosis on fine-needle aspiration biopsy smears: a case report.
A case of osteomyelitis caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis primarily diagnosed by means of fine-needle aspiration biopsy is reported here in a 60-yr-old Italian patient who had lived in Venezuela for 40 yr. The cytologic and electron microscopic features of the exudate aspirated from a left femoral osteolytic area are described, and the differential diagnosis of this mycotic infection is discussed briefly.
Fulciniti
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Cytopathology Laboratory and Service, Faculty of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Italy.
Troncone
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G
Fazioli
F
F
Vetrani
A
A
Zeppa
P
P
Manco
A
A
Palombini
L
L
D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D010228:Paracoccidioides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010229:Paracoccidioidomycosis / Q000473:pathology*