First evidence of Trypanosoma rangeli in the southeast of Brazil, an endemic region for Chagas' disease |
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Authors: | LE Ramirez MI Machado PG Maywald A Matos E Chiari EL Silva |
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Affiliation: | Department of Orthopaedics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA. |
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Abstract: | Coccidiomycosis is a fungal infection that primarily causes pulmonary disease. Extrapulmonary dissemination can occur to the musculoskeletal system with the knee joint most frequently involved. This case report describes a patient with coccidiomycosis whose initial presentation was of a popliteal cyst. The need for aggressive surgical and antibiotic treatment to eradicate this infection is discussed. Coccidiomycosis should be considered in a differential diagnosis of patients with popliteal cysts without other obvious etiologies. |
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