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Paracoccidioidomycosis: Diagnosis by fine‐needle aspiration cytology
Author(s) -
Drut Ricardo
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.2840130111
Subject(s) - medicine , paracoccidioidomycosis , cytology , fine needle aspiration cytology , fine needle aspiration , pathology , cytopathology , blastomycosis , dermatology , biopsy
A 4‐yr‐old girl presented with constitutional symptoms, abdominal swelling, ascites, and cervical lymphadenopathy. Fine‐needle aspirate smears of a cervical lymph node revealed numerous round yeasts, many of them with several peripheral buds fitting the pattern of Paracoccidiodes brasilensis. This appears to be the first case in which the diagnosis of this deep mycosis was achieved by FNAC. The procedure may prove useful for rapid diagnosis in cases like the present one which represents the so‐called acute disseminated form which affects mainly children and immunosupressed patients and can be rapidly fatal. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.