Abstract

BETANCUR, Carlos Alberto  and  RUIZ, Carlos. Medullary paraccoccidioidoma. Acta Med Colomb [online]. 2010, vol.35, n.4, pp.183-184. ISSN 0120-2448.

The case is reported of a 51-year-old patient with a three-month history of paraparesia that had rendered him unable to walk over a period of 45 days. The patient underwent surgical excision of 2 granulomas that had been shown by an MRI scan. Histopathological study with silver methenamine showed budding blastoconidia, typical of Paraccoccidioides brasiliensis infection (Acta Med Colomb 2010; 35: 183-184).

Keywords : paracoccidioides brasiliensis; paracoccidioidomycosis; paracoccidioidoma.

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