Pulmonary adiaspiromycosis: report of two cases



Document title: Pulmonary adiaspiromycosis: report of two cases
Journal: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000282094
ISSN: 0037-8682
Authors: 1
2

Institutions: 1Faculdade de Medicina do Triangulo Mineiro, Departamento de Clinica Medica, Uberaba, Minas Gerais. Brasil
2Faculdade de Medicina do Triangulo Mineiro, Hospital Escola, Uberaba, Minas Gerais. Brasil
Year:
Season: Sep-Oct
Volumen: 33
Number: 5
Pages: 483-488
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Caso clínico, analítico
English abstract Two cases of human pulmonary adiaspiromycosis are reported. Patients were 29 and 54-year-old males, farm workers, with "grippe-like" symptoms and radiographic findings suggestive of granulomatous interstitial disease. Transthoracoscopic and transbronchial biopsies were performed. Pulmonary function was measured by spirometry. One patient used ketoconazole. Possibility of misdiagnosed pulmonary adiaspiromycosis is emphasized
Portuguese abstract Relatam-se casos de adiaspiromicose pulmonar em homens brancos de 29 e 54 anos, lavradores, com sintomas "gripais" e achados radiológicos sugestivos de doença granulomatosa intersticial. Biópsias transbrônquicas e transtoracoscópicas foram realizadas. A função pulmonar foi avaliada por espirometria. Um paciente usou cetoconazol. Enfatizam-se possibilidades de confusão diagnóstica na adiaspiromicose pulmonar
Disciplines: Biología,
Medicina
Keyword: Hongos,
Farmacología,
Neumología,
Chrysosporium parvum var crescens,
Emmonsia parva var crescens,
Biopsia,
Pulmones,
Espirometría,
Micosis,
Adiaspiromicosis,
Ketoconazol
Keyword: Biology,
Medicine,
Fungi,
Pharmacology,
Pneumology,
Chrysosporium parvum var crescens,
Emmonsia parva var crescens,
Biopsy,
Spirometry,
Mycosis,
Lungs,
Adiaspiromycosis,
Ketoconazole
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