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Case Reports
. 2020 May 4:28:46-48.
doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.04.006. eCollection 2020 Jun.

Prostatic involvement in disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis: An unusual presentation mimicking malignant neoplasm

Nayara de Paula Passarin  1 , Antonio Augusto Claudio Pereira  1 , Bruna Laginski Passos  1 , Camila Mazeiro Gil  1 , Lenir Nogueira Preciliano Marques  1 , Giovana Locks Silveira  2 , Simone Bonafé  1 , Luiz Jorge Moreira Neto  1
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Prostatic involvement in disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis: An unusual presentation mimicking malignant neoplasm

Nayara de Paula Passarin et al. Med Mycol Case Rep. .

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Abstract

Paracoccidioidomycosis is a granulomatous fungal infection, endemic to Latin America, which has great economic impact. Prostatic involvement is rare and can simulate other conditions, which poses a diagnostic challenge for the clinician. This article describes the report of a case of disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis with prostatic involvement, initially confused with prostatic adenocarcinoma. We hope to contribute to the knowledge of this presentation as a differential diagnosis and reinforce the importance of thorough clinical investigation.

Keywords: Mycoses; Neoplasm; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Paracoccidiomycosis; Prostate cancer.

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The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest.

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PET-CT images (positron emission tomography - computed tomography) showing increased glycolytic metabolism at the prostate and in the right seminal vesicle.
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CT scan showing pulmonary opacity with ground-glass pattern and diffuse bilateral septal thickening.
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