Paracoccidioidomycosis and larynx carcinoma.
Report of a case of paracoccidioidomycosis associated with a carcinoma: both located in the larynx in a patient whose therapeutic response to antifungal treatment produced a recovery of physical conditions. This case shows the importance of taking into account the diagnosis of paracoccidioidomycosis in all patients with problems in the larynx, especially those who inhabit or inhabited endemic areas of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.
Maymó Argañaraz
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Cátedra de Otorrinolaringología Prof. J. C. Tripputi. Hospital Provincial del Centenario. Urquiza, Rosario, Rep. Argentina. mimaar33@hotmail.com
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Tosello
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Perez
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D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D010228:Paracoccidioides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010229:Paracoccidioidomycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole