Paracoccidioidomycosis (South American blastomycosis) of the larynx mimicking carcinoma.
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.
Garcia
Iraida
I
Instituto Anatomopatológico José A. O'Daly, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas.
Barbella
Rosa
R
Dickson
Sonia
S
Diaz
Solangel
S
Rodriguez-Morales
Alfonso J
AJ
Ravelo
Marisela
M
Pichelbauer
Ernestina
E
Hernandez
Alipio
A
Franco-Paredes
Carlos
C
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