Case of Recurrent Paracoccidioidomycosis in Female 10 Years after Initial Treatment

Case of recurrent paracoccidioidomycosis in female. 10 years after initial treatment.

This report describes a case of recurrence of chronic paracoccidioidomycosis 10 years following the initial diagnosis. A 56-year-old female was admitted to the Dental Clinic of the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná complaining of oral soreness. Mulberry-like ulcerations were observed on the gingiva, right labial comissura, and vermillion of the lip. The patient reported persistent chroni...

Case of recurrent Paracoccidioidomycosis: 25 years after initial treatment.

Figure 1. Cervical lymph node enlargement. Figure 2. Nasal mucosa lesion. A 43 year-old man, farmer, born in Santo Antônio do Norte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, developed Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) in 1983, when he was eighteen. He presented cervical, submandibular, supraclavicular, axillary and inguinal lymph node enlargement, and also involvement of the oral mucosa, lungs and guts. The diagnosis ...

Recurrent pancreatic pseudocyst diagnosed 9 years after initial surgical drainage.

CONTEXT A pancreatic pseudocyst is defined as a collection of pancreatic juice enclosed by a wall of fibrous or granulation tissue which is not lined by epithelium. Acute pseudocysts occur in acute pancreatitis but can be found after an acute exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis. Chronic pancreatic pseudocysts are typically found in chronic pancreatitis but may develop after an occurrence of ac...

Paracoccidioidomycosis: Advances and Unmet Needs 100 Years after Its Initial Description by Lutz

Recurrent diaphragmatic hernia 3 years after initial repair for traumatic diaphragmatic rupture: a case report.

We report herein a technique for the repair of recurrent diaphragmatic hernia after repair of diaphragmatic rupture. Although chest roentgenography and computed tomography in a patient who presented with postprandial abdominal pain demonstrated a left intrathoracic intestinal shadow, the hernia was disregarded. To repair a diaphragmatic rupture along with intrathoracic adhesions, we performed a...