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Disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis diagnosis based on oral lesions
Liana Preto Webber, Manoela Domingues Martins, Marcia Gaiger de Oliveira, Etiene Andrade Munhoz, Vinicius Coelho Carrard
Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Correspondence Address:
Vinicius Coelho Carrard
Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2492/503, Porto Alegre, RS
Brazil
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DOI: 10.4103/0976-237X.132340
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Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a deep mycosis with primary lung manifestations that may present cutaneous and oral lesions. Oral lesions mimic other infectious diseases or even squamous cell carcinoma, clinically and microscopically. Sometimes, the dentist is the first to detect the disease, because lung lesions are asymptomatic, or even misdiagnosed. An unusual case of PCM with 5 months of evolution presenting pulmonary, oral, and cutaneous lesions that was diagnosed by the dentist based on oral lesions is presented and discussed. |
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