A CASE REPORT OF INTRASPINAL PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS

A CASE REPORT OF INTRASPINAL PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS

The authors report a case of paraplegia caused by a lumbar intraspinal paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) granuloma. Clinical neurological diagnosis of a compressive spinal cord lesion was confirmed by spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Patient was submitted to surgery with total excision of the les...

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Main Authors: Antonio Carlos Francesconi do Valle, Michael Skacel, Regina Lana Braga Costa, Carlos Telles Ribeiro, Nadia A. de Arantes Montagna, Luiz Celso Hygino da Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1998-05-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Paracoccidioidomycosis
Spinal cord
Treatment
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