Spontaneous Regression Of Pulmonary Paracoccidioidomycosis; Report Of A Case
Mycopathologia 83(3): Nov 25 1983; 187-189
View Original Source →Abstract
In this report, the unusual case of an infant with extensive eruptive molluscum contagiosum (MC) scattered over the back and buttocks that became inflammatory with blackening and subsequently healed spontaneously over a short period of time is described. To our knowledge, the blackening of spontaneous regressing MC has not yet been described. The mechanism involved in the phenomenon of spontaneous resolution of the inflammatory MC with blackening is discussed.
Case Details
Personal Characteristics
A 37-year-old man
Clinical Characteristics
Productive cough, fever (37.8°c.), chills, chest pain and anorexia, rales and ronchii, more pronounced in the right pulmonary fields, subclavicular pain, weight loss, slight dyspnea, generalized hypoventilation of both lungs, extensive, bilateral infiltrates and some confluent nodules in the central and lower portions of lung fields, hilar adenopathies, persistent dry cough and slight dyspnea, rales, located towards the right scapulovertebral region and in the lower fields
Remission Characteristics
Regression of lesions took place within ten weeks, with the original infiltrates being replaced by fibrotic lines
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
Not discussed
Clinical Treatment
Prescription for penicillin and cough relievers, non-specific therapy, ketoconazole therapy
Additional Notes
The patient did not receive antimycotic drugs or sulfonamides during the time the infiltrates had disappeared and fibrotic lesions became apparent