title: Synchronous oral paracoccidioidomycosis and esophageal carcinoma.
abstract: Paracoccidioidomycosis is the most common deep mycosis in South America and is caused by Paracoccidioides                         brasiliensis (P.                         brasiliensis), a thermally dimorphic fungus. Infections usually occur by inhalation of conidia, which more often cause respiratory, mucocutaneous, and lymph nodal changes. Chronic features of this mycosis can mimic diverse infections and malignancies and constitute diagnosis challenges. Squamous cell carcinoma deserves special attention in this setting. We describe the case of a patient with synchronous diagnosis of oral paracoccidioidomycosis and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Concomitance of these conditions may be a casual event, but a not fully understood causal relationship can be involved.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Regional Hospital of Taguatinga (HRT), Taguatinga-DF, Brazil. tubino@pop.com.br
authors.forename: Paulo Victor Alves
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Tubino
authors.forename: Bruno Jose de Queiroz
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Sarmento
authors.forename: Vitorino Modesto
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: Estevão Ribeiro
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.forename: Lucas Evangelista Correia
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Rodrigo de Souza
authors.initials: Rde S
authors.lastname: Lima
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth / Q000473:pathology; D010228:Paracoccidioides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010229:Paracoccidioidomycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013020:South America; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed