Histopathology of cutaneous and mucosal lesions in human paracoccidioidomycosis

Biopsies from cutaneous and mucosal lesions from 40 patients with active paracoccidioidomycosis, were studied histopathologically. All cases exhibited chronic granulomatous inflammation and 38 also presented suppuration; this picture corresponded to the mixed mycotic granuloma (MMG). Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia and the transepidermic (or epithelial) elimination of the parasite, were observed in all cases. In paracoccidioidomycosis elimination takes place through formation of progressive edema, accompained by exocytosis. The edema gives rise to spongiosis, microvesicles and microabscesses which not only contain the fungus but also, various cellular elements. Cells in charge of the phagocytic process were essentialy Langhans giant cells; PMN's, epithelioid and foreign body giant cells were poor phagocytes. An additional finding was the presence of fibrosis in most biopsies.

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Main Authors: Uribe,Fabio, Zuluaga,Angela I., León,Walter, Restrepo,Angela
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Language:English
Published: Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 1987
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spelling oai:scielo:S0036-466519870002000052011-02-17Histopathology of cutaneous and mucosal lesions in human paracoccidioidomycosisUribe,FabioZuluaga,Angela I.León,WalterRestrepo,Angela Paracoccidioidomycosis Histopathology Mixed mycotic granuloma Transepithelial elimination of parasites Biopsies from cutaneous and mucosal lesions from 40 patients with active paracoccidioidomycosis, were studied histopathologically. All cases exhibited chronic granulomatous inflammation and 38 also presented suppuration; this picture corresponded to the mixed mycotic granuloma (MMG). Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia and the transepidermic (or epithelial) elimination of the parasite, were observed in all cases. In paracoccidioidomycosis elimination takes place through formation of progressive edema, accompained by exocytosis. The edema gives rise to spongiosis, microvesicles and microabscesses which not only contain the fungus but also, various cellular elements. Cells in charge of the phagocytic process were essentialy Langhans giant cells; PMN's, epithelioid and foreign body giant cells were poor phagocytes. An additional finding was the presence of fibrosis in most biopsies.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInstituto de Medicina Tropical de São PauloRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo v.29 n.2 19871987-04-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651987000200005en10.1590/S0036-46651987000200005
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Histopathology of cutaneous and mucosal lesions in human paracoccidioidomycosis
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Zuluaga,Angela I.
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title Histopathology of cutaneous and mucosal lesions in human paracoccidioidomycosis
title_short Histopathology of cutaneous and mucosal lesions in human paracoccidioidomycosis
title_full Histopathology of cutaneous and mucosal lesions in human paracoccidioidomycosis
title_fullStr Histopathology of cutaneous and mucosal lesions in human paracoccidioidomycosis
title_full_unstemmed Histopathology of cutaneous and mucosal lesions in human paracoccidioidomycosis
title_sort histopathology of cutaneous and mucosal lesions in human paracoccidioidomycosis
description Biopsies from cutaneous and mucosal lesions from 40 patients with active paracoccidioidomycosis, were studied histopathologically. All cases exhibited chronic granulomatous inflammation and 38 also presented suppuration; this picture corresponded to the mixed mycotic granuloma (MMG). Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia and the transepidermic (or epithelial) elimination of the parasite, were observed in all cases. In paracoccidioidomycosis elimination takes place through formation of progressive edema, accompained by exocytosis. The edema gives rise to spongiosis, microvesicles and microabscesses which not only contain the fungus but also, various cellular elements. Cells in charge of the phagocytic process were essentialy Langhans giant cells; PMN's, epithelioid and foreign body giant cells were poor phagocytes. An additional finding was the presence of fibrosis in most biopsies.
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