OSTEOMYELITIS BY PARACOCCIDIOIDES-BRASILIENSIS (SOUTH-AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS) - CYTOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS ON FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY SMEARS- A CASE-REPORT

Authors
FULCINITI F TRONCONE G FAZIOLI F VETRANI A ZEPPA P MANCO A PALOMBINI L
Citation
F. Fulciniti et al., OSTEOMYELITIS BY PARACOCCIDIOIDES-BRASILIENSIS (SOUTH-AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS) - CYTOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS ON FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY SMEARS- A CASE-REPORT, Diagnostic cytopathology, 15(5), 1996, pp. 442-446
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Medical Laboratory Technology",Pathology
Journal title
Diagnostic cytopathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
87551039
Volume
15
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
442 - 446
Database
ISI
SICI code
8755-1039(1996)15:5<442:OBP(B>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A case of osteomyelitis caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis primar ily diagnosed by means of fine-needle aspiration biopsy is reported he re in a 60-yr-old Italian patient who had lived in Venezuela for 40 yr . The cytologic and electron microscopic features of the exudate aspir ated from a left femoral osteolytic area are described, and the differ ential diagnosis of this mycotic infection is discussed briefly. (C) 1 996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.