Prostatic paracoccidioidomycosis: differential diagnosis of prostate cancer

• Published in: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Vol. 104; no. 1; pp. 33 - 36
• Main Authors: Lopes, Daniel Lima, Araújo, Stanley de Almeida, Santos, João Paulo Lemos da Silveira, Lyon, Ana Claudia, Dantas, Diogo Vieira, Reis, Bernardo Sgarbi, de Góes, Alfredo Miranda, Pedroso, Ênio Roberto Pietra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz 01-02-2009; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
• Subjects: Antiprotozoal Agents - therapeutic use; Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Itraconazole - therapeutic use; Male; Middle Aged; Paracoccidioides - isolation & purification; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis - paracoccidioidomycosis - prostatitis - prostate cancer; paracoccidioidomycosis; Paracoccidioidomycosis - diagnosis; Paracoccidioidomycosis - drug therapy; PARASITOLOGY; prostate cancer; Prostate-Specific Antigen - blood; Prostatic Hyperplasia - drug therapy; Prostatic Hyperplasia - parasitology; Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnosis; prostatitis; Sulfamethoxazole - therapeutic use; Trimethoprim - therapeutic use; TROPICAL MEDICINE; paracoccidioidomycosis; prostate cancer; prostatitis; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
• ISSN: 1678-8060; 0074-0276; 1678-8060; 0074-0276
• DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000100005

Symptomatic prostatic paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a very rare
condition; however, it may express as a typical benign prostatic
hyperplasia or a simulating prostatic adenocarcinoma. This case report
presents PCM mimicking prostatic adenocarcinoma. The purpose of this
paper is to call the general physician's attention to this important
differential diagnosis.