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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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II. Paracoccidioidomycosis

Case 18. Paracoccidioidomycosis / Herpes labialis and oralis

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Fig. 18-A1: Paracoccidioidomycosis

A 56-years old farmer from Altamira, a village in the deeper layers of the Venezuelan Andes is showing several ulcers on the lips and the left nostril, resistant to any therapy. Furthermore, the patient has ulcerations in the oral mucosa. The x-ray examination of the thorax reveals numerous focal lesions in both lungs.

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Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Los Andes
Merida - Venezuela