title: Prostatic paracoccidioidomycosis: differential diagnosis of prostate cancer.
abstract: Symptomatic prostatic paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a very rare condition; however, it may express as a typical benign prostatic hyperplasia or a simulating prostatic adenocarcinoma. This case report presents PCM mimicking prostatic adenocarcinoma. The purpose of this paper is to call the general physician's attention to this important differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Hospital do Instituto de Previdência dos Servidores do Estado de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Daniel Lima
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Stanley de Almeida
authors.initials: Sde A
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: João Paulo Lemos da Silveira
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Ana Claudia
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Lyon
authors.forename: Diogo Vieira
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Dantas
authors.forename: Bernardo Sgarbi
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Reis
authors.forename: Alfredo Miranda
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: de Góes
authors.forename: Enio Roberto Pietra
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Pedroso
mesh_terms: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010228:Paracoccidioides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010229:Paracoccidioidomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole; D014295:Trimethoprim; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole