Infection mimicking cancer: retrospective and prospective evaluation of mycosis and actinomycetous

Authors

  • Aline Gehlen Dall Bello
  • Cecília Bittencourt Severo
  • Bruno Hochhegger
  • Flavio de Mattos Oliveira
  • Luiz Carlos Severo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v42i4.27926

Keywords:

Infections, neoplasia, mycosis, actinomycetous

Abstract

Infections that simulate neoplasia are uncommon. In a retrospective study we included all cases of histoplasmosis, cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus gattii, actinomycosis and nocardiosis mimicking malignancy. The sample consisted of 80 cases extracted from a population of 1,365 during the period 1981-2012. We review critically the cases reported at literature (n=67). Clinical and radiological features of pulmonary lesions in infectious diseases (especially granulomatous) and neoplastic diseases are alone not enough to give the differential diagnosis.

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BELLO, A. G. D.; SEVERO, C. B.; HOCHHEGGER, B.; OLIVEIRA, F. de M.; SEVERO, L. C. Infection mimicking cancer: retrospective and prospective evaluation of mycosis and actinomycetous. Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, Goiânia, v. 42, n. 4, 2014. DOI: 10.5216/rpt.v42i4.27926. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/27926. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 42 No. 4 (2013)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

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