Paracoccidioidomycosis: acute-subacute clinical form, juvenile type
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Paracoccidioidomycosis: acute-subacute clinical form, juvenile type*
The authors report aspects of paracoccidioidomycosis, acute-subacute clinical form, juvenile type, in a 19-year-old female patient. Paracoccidioidomycosis, juvenile type, classically occurs in young patients, both sexes, with lymphoma-like aspects as initial presentation. However, following the natural history of the disease the lymph nodes assume patterns of infectious disease, as an abscess a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0365-0596
DOI: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164953