Title
SYSTEMIC PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS WITH COMPROMISE OF THE CECAL APPENDIX IN A CHILD: CASE REPORT
Other title
PARACOCCIDIOIDOMICOSIS SISTÉMICA CON COMPROMISO DEL APÉNDICE CECAL EN UN NIÑO: REPORTE DE CASO
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Luna-Vilchez M.
Chiara-Chilet C.
Portillo-Alvarez D.
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
Paracoccidioidomycosis, the most prevalent systemic mycosis in Latin America. In children the most common clinical presentation is the juvenile or acute/subacute form, which mainly involves the lymph nodes and in a lesser proportion the gastrointestinal organs. We present the case of a 10-year-old patient, without comorbidities, who presented acute right iliac fossa pain; in addition to a history of 1 month of evolution of diarrhea, fever, weight loss, and hypereosinophilia. Was diagnosed of acute appendicitis due to systemic paracoccidioidomycosis, through histopathology of the cecal appendix and mesenteric lymph nodes. Although systemic paracoccidioidomycosis with involvement of the cecal appendix is rare, it should be considered as part of the differential diagnoses in children and young adults with generalized lymphadenomegaly from endemic areas.
Start page
660
End page
663
Volume
38
Issue
4
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Pediatría
Cirugía
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85124549169
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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