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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0120-4157</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Biomédica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Biomed.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-4157</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Nacional de Salud]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0120-41572023000500069</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.7705/biomedica.6899</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Hiperplasia pseudoepiteliomatosa: carcinoma escamocelular versus paracoccidioidomicosis oral, un caso con mirada dermatológica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia: Squamous cell carcinoma versus oral paracoccidioidomycosis, a case from a dermatological perspective]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Osorio-Cock]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lina M.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jaramillo-Pulgarín]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sandra Catalina]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ferrín-Bastidas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alba P.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Molina-Colorado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Diana Y.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gómez-Guzmán]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Óscar M.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zuluaga]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandra]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[G.McEwen-Ochoa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Urán-Jiménez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Martha E.]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jiménez-Alzate]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María del Pilar]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Antioquia Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Medicáncer  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Antioquia Departamento de Dermatología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af6">
<institution><![CDATA[,Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>43</volume>
<fpage>69</fpage>
<lpage>76</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-41572023000500069&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-41572023000500069&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-41572023000500069&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La paracoccidioidomicosis es una micosis sistémica endémica en Latinoamérica. La presentación más frecuente compromete crónicamente los pulmones, la piel y las mucosas. Al inicio, este paciente presentó, por varios años, una lesión única en la mucosa oral que, en ausencia de otros síntomas, se relacionó con una neoplasia maligna, específicamente con un carcinoma escamocelular. La diferenciación entre los dos diagnósticos se hace mediante un examen directo, un estudio histopatológico y cultivos iniciales y subsecuentes. Sin embargo, tales estudios no fueron concluyentes. Después de varias consultas y pruebas, con los resultados del examen directo, la inmunodifusión y la PCR en tiempo real se confirmó el diagnóstico de paracoccidioidomicosis crónica multifocal. Este caso alerta sobre la ausencia de sospecha clínica de micosis endémicas, dada la presencia de lesiones mucocutaneas que pueden ser producidas por hongos como Paracoccidioides spp, y la importancia de considerarlas entre los diagnósticos diferenciales.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic mycosis endemic in Latin America. The most frequent form involves a chronic compromise of the lungs, skin, and mucosa. The patient started with a single oral lesion that lasted for several years. The absence of other symptoms pointed out a possible malignant neoplasm, specifically a squamous cell carcinoma. Differentiation between both diagnoses-fungal infection and carcinoma-depends on the results of the direct examination, the histopathological study, and the initial and subsequent cultures. However, in this case, those findings were not conclusive. The coexistence of both diagnoses is frequent and increases the diagnostic challenge. After several consultations and tests, direct examination, immunodiffusion and real-time PCR findings the multifocal chronic paracoccidioidomycosis diagnosis was confirmed. This case warns about a systematical absence of clinical suspicion of endemic mycoses before the appereance of mucocutaneous lesions, which can be produced by fungi like Paracoccidioides spp, and the importance of considering those mycoses among the differential diagnoses.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Paracoccidioides, paracoccidioidomicosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[carcinoma de células escamosas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[diagnóstico diferencial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[micosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[reacción en cadena en tiempo real de la polimerasa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Paracoccidioides, paracoccidioidomycosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[carcinoma, squamous cell]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[diagnosis, differential]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[mycoses]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[real-time polymerase chain reaction]]></kwd>
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