Disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis diagnosis based on oral lesions

Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a deep mycosis with primary lung manifestations that may present cutaneous and oral lesions. Oral lesions mimic other infectious diseases or even squamous cell carcinoma, clinically and microscopically. Sometimes, the dentist is the first to detect the disease, becaus...

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Main Authors: Liana Preto Webber, Manoela Domingues Martins, Marcia Gaiger de Oliveira, Etiene Andrade Munhoz, Vinicius Coelho Carrard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
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Online Access:http://www.contempclindent.org/article.asp?issn=0976-237X;year=2014;volume=5;issue=2;spage=213;epage=216;aulast=Webber