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Pseudotumoral presentation of chronic pulmonary paracoccidioidomycosis: Report of a case

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A case of unilateral paracoccidioidal pulmonary lesion simulating a neoplasm is reported.

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  1. The Pulmonary Disease Service, University Hospital of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil

    José Wellington Alves dos Santos, Cristiano Feijó Andrade, Tiago Silveira de Araújo Lopes & Alberto Thomaz Londero

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This case was presented on the XVII World Congress on Diseases of the Chest, Amsterdam, The Netherland, June 1993.

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Alves dos Santos, J.W., Andrade, C.F., de Araújo Lopes, T.S. et al. Pseudotumoral presentation of chronic pulmonary paracoccidioidomycosis: Report of a case. Mycopathologia 134, 135–136 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00436720

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