title: Paracoccidioidomycosis (South American blastomycosis) of the larynx mimicking carcinoma.
abstract: Paracoccidioidomycosis is the most frequently identified deep mycosis in South America. Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is a thermally dimorphic fungus that is generally acquired by the respiratory route through airborne inhalation of conidia. Herein, we describe a case of a patient with paracoccidioidomycosis of the larynx mimicking carcinoma of the larynx and we review the literature regarding this unusual manifestation of this fungal infection.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Anatomopatológico José A. O'Daly, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas.
authors.forename: Iraida
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barbella
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dickson
authors.forename: Solangel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: Alfonso J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Morales
authors.forename: Marisela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ravelo
authors.forename: Ernestina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pichelbauer
authors.forename: Alipio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Franco-Paredes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010228:Paracoccidioides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010229:Paracoccidioidomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology