Fungal infection by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis mimicking bone tumor

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1284-1286

  Valera, Elvis Terci ^a   Mori, Bianca Maria ^a   Engel, Edgard Eduard ^a   Costa, Igor Santos ^a   Brandão, Daniel Ferraciolli ^a   Nogueira Barbosa, Marcello Henrique ^a   Queiroz, Rosane Gomes De Paula ^a   Silveira, Vanessa Da Silva ^a   Scrideli, Carlos Alberto ^a   Tone, Luiz Gonzaga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bone; Infectious disorders; Pathology; Radiology; Sarcomas; Tumors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMUR; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; MALE; MYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

BONE DISEASES; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMORAL NEOPLASMS; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS;

EID: 42349103559     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21499     Document Type: Article

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