Abstract

NAVARRO, Ana María; PEREZ, Paola; ARRUNATEGUI, Ana María  and  CANAS, Carlos Alberto. Disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis associated with hypercalcemia and hemophagocytic syndrome. Acta Med Colomb [online]. 2008, vol.33, n.4, pp. 302-304. ISSN 0120-2448.

This case report describes a 12 year old male patient with disseminated Paracoccidioides brasiliens disease. The patient presented with a febrile syndrome of long duration, weight loss, hepato-splenomegaly, cervical adenomegalies, and bone involvement. Additional components attesting to the severity of the disease process were macrophage activation, hypercalcemia and hemophagocytosis.

Keywords : paracoccidioidomycosis; paracoccidioides brasiliensis; hypercalcemia; hemophagocytic syndrome.