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Tropical Diseases:

I Leishmaniasis
II Paracoccidioidomycosis
III Blastomycocis
IV Chromoblastomycosis
V Lepra
VI Sporotrichosis
VII Histoplasmosis
VIII Rhinosporidiosis
IX Mycetomas
X Rhinoscleroma
XI Chagasdisease
XII Actinomycosis
XIII Mucormycosis
XIV Amoebiasis
XV Protothecosis
XVI Lobomycosis
XVII Phaeohyphomycosis
XVIII Pruritus actinicus
XIX Bite of snake
XX Coccidioidomycosis

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XI. Chagas Disease

Case 60. Chagas Disease / Haemangioma

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Fig. 60-A5

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Fig. 60-A5
Fig. 60-A5: Chagas Disease

In addition to the infestation of the myocard a chagasic encephalitis is relatively frequent. Here a nest of amastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi is demonstrated in the brain. The other organs are infested more seldom.

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Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Los Andes
Merida - Venezuela