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Acta Medica Colombiana
versión impresa ISSN 0120-2448
Resumen
NAVARRO, Ana María; PEREZ, Paola; ARRUNATEGUI, Ana María y CANAS, Carlos Alberto. Disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis associated with hypercalcemia and hemophagocytic syndrome. Acta Med Colomb [online]. 2008, vol.33, n.4, pp.302-304. ISSN 0120-2448.
This case report describes a 12 year old male patient with disseminated Paracoccidioides brasiliens disease. The patient presented with a febrile syndrome of long duration, weight loss, hepato-splenomegaly, cervical adenomegalies, and bone involvement. Additional components attesting to the severity of the disease process were macrophage activation, hypercalcemia and hemophagocytosis.
Palabras clave : paracoccidioidomycosis; paracoccidioides brasiliensis; hypercalcemia; hemophagocytic syndrome.