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Report of a Case

LEO N. STACHOWSKY, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1963;78(2):205-209.

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Paracoccidioidomycosis (synonyms: South American blastomycosis, disease of Lutz-Splendore-Almeida, etc) is a systemic fungus disease not very familiar to the North American or European laryngologist, as till now it has been observed only in South and Central America. But it is not unthinkable that due to the present-day intercontinental migrations and to the modern easy and rapid means of communications, sporadic cases may be apt to appear in the future on other continents, maybe even sporadic endemic foci may occur in some up-to-now unusual places, provided that the ecological factors should be favorable for the evolution of the fungus.

Anyway, for the benefit of those colleagues who never had an opportunity to observe this extremely interesting mycosis profunda, I shall give a brief description of its most outstanding features.

Paracoccidioidomycosis is a chronic, granulomatous disease which attacks the skin, the mucous membranes, the lymphatic glands, and the visceral organs, but primarily . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CARACAS, VENEZUELA

Otorhinolaryngological Department, Antituberculous Sanatories of Caracas.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 30, 1963.

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