Open AccessDisseminated paracoccidioidomycosis diagnosis based on oral lesions
Author(s) -
Liana Preto Webber,
Manoela Domingues Martins,
Márcia Gaiger de Oliveira,
Etiene Andrade Munhoz,
Vinícius Coelho Carrard
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/0976-237x.132340
Subject(s) - paracoccidioidomycosis , medicine , asymptomatic , basal cell , dermatology , pathology , lung , mycosis , oral cavity , surgery , dentistry
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, because lung lesions are asymptomatic, or even misdiagnosed. An unusual case of PCM with 5 months of evolution presenting pulmonary, oral, and cutaneous lesions that was diagnosed by the dentist based on oral lesions is presented and discussed.