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