Paracoccidioidomycosis presenting as a cecal lesion mimicking cholangiocarcinoma: a case report of unusual intestinal manifestation.

Abstract

Paracoccidioidomycosis, the most important systemic mycosis in Latin America, is closely linked to rural activities. In Brazil, it is an endemic disease, with an estimated 4,000 to 6,000 annual cases, accounting for over 80% of the global diagnoses. We present an intriguing case of this disease with an intestinal manifestation in a 71-year-old woman. The involvement of the cecal appendix led to a complication of cholangitis that mimicked cholangiocarcinoma.