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ArticleMycopathologia2016

Coccidioidomycosis in Biopsies with Presumptive Diagnosis of Malignancy in Dogs: Report of Three Cases and Comparative Discussion of Published Reports.

Rafael Ramírez-Romero, Rolando Antonio Silva-Pérez, Jorge Lara-Arias, Cecilia Ramírez-Hernández, Iván Alberto Marino-Martínez, Álvaro Barbosa-Quintana, Alfonso López-Mayagoitia

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Article in Mycopathologia, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Rafael Ramírez-RomeroPosgrado Conjunto Agronomía-Veterinaria, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Campus de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Francisco Villa s/n, Ex-Hacienda el Canadá, C.P. 66050, Gral. Escobedo, N.L., México. raramirez@prodigy.net.mx.
Rolando Antonio Silva-PérezPosgrado Conjunto Agronomía-Veterinaria, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Campus de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Francisco Villa s/n, Ex-Hacienda el Canadá, C.P. 66050, Gral. Escobedo, N.L., México.
Jorge Lara-AriasBanco de Hueso y Tejidos, Hospital Universitario "Dr. José E. González", Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, N.L., México.
Cecilia Ramírez-HernándezPosgrado Conjunto Agronomía-Veterinaria, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Campus de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Francisco Villa s/n, Ex-Hacienda el Canadá, C.P. 66050, Gral. Escobedo, N.L., México.
Iván Alberto Marino-MartínezCentro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias de la Salud (CIDICS), Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, N.L., México.
Álvaro Barbosa-QuintanaDepartamento de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, N.L., México.
Alfonso López-MayagoitiaAtlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE, Canada.
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León · MXCentro de Investigación y Desarrollo · ESUniversity of Prince Edward Island · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coccidioidomycosis is a respiratory fungal infection with occasional systemic dissemination. The disseminated coccidioidomycosis is considered a multifaceted disease. In medicine, disseminated coccidioidomycosis is included within a group of infectious diseases that have been referred as the great imitators. In many cases, malignancies are included in the presumptive diagnosis. In veterinary medicine, disseminated coccidioidomycosis is common in dogs. Nonetheless, despite of being a diagnostic dilemma, disseminated coccidioidomycosis is underestimated and frequently not included into differentials, even in endemic zones. Herein, we describe three cases of granulomatous inflammation caused by Coccidioides spp. which were masquerading malignancies in dogs (0.39 %). The presumptive diagnoses in these cases were osteosarcoma, lymphoma and neurofibroma, respectively. A PCR assay employing tissues in paraffin blocks resulted positive for C. posadasii in one of these cases. A comparative discussion on the ambiguous clinic-pathological presentation of disseminated coccidioidomycosis in dogs and humans is included.

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BiopsyAnimalsCoccidioidesCoccidioidomycosisDiagnosis, DifferentialDogsNeoplasmsPathology, MolecularPolymerase Chain ReactionCoccidioidomycosisDogMexicoNeoplasiaSurgical pathology

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