Plastic surgery for the treatment of contagious diseases: lobomycosis
Introduction: Lacaziosis is a rare disease that mainly affects workers in tropical areas, with approximately 500 cases reported worldwide. Lacaziosis is a parasitic disease caused by the saprophytic fungus Lacazia loboi; there is no specific treatment for this disease. Surgery is the most effective...
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| author | Rodolfo Luis Korte Cipriano Ferreira-Junior Ana Elisa Kadri Castilho Laryssa Fernanda Feitosa Anita Sperandio Porto |
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| description | Introduction: Lacaziosis is a rare disease that mainly affects workers in tropical areas, with approximately 500 cases reported worldwide. Lacaziosis is a parasitic disease caused by the saprophytic fungus Lacazia loboi; there is no specific treatment for this disease. Surgery is the most effective treatment for the deformities caused by the disease. However, it is a temporary treatment, since disease recurrence is frequently observed. Lacazia loboi affects two species of dolphin, Tursiops truncates and Sotalia guianensis. The available literature discusses the surgical treatment in a superficial way , because there are no specific studies describing the surgical treatment for this disease.
Methods: Here, we describe our 8 years of experience with lacaziosis at the Hospital de Base de Porto Velho - Rondônia; a total of 22 patients underwent surgical treatment and were followed-up.
Results: The majority of the patients (91%) had already submitted to at least one surgical treatment together with antifungal treatment. The patients presented with lesions with disease progression ranging from 5 months to 6 years prior to surgical treatment. Only two patients were treatment-naive.
Conclusion: Our patients were followed-up; however, only 11 of the 22 patients returned for follow-up. Recurrences were observed in 9 of the 11 patients, with a latency period of 5 months. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-31f74b7310f14b989d775ccb642f14c62023-12-03T09:45:49ZengSociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia PlásticaRevista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica1983-51752177-12352019-03-01340116317210.5935/2177-1235.2019RBCP0026Plastic surgery for the treatment of contagious diseases: lobomycosisRodolfo Luis Korte0Cipriano Ferreira-Junior1Ana Elisa Kadri Castilho2Laryssa Fernanda Feitosa3Anita Sperandio Porto4Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, RO, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, RO, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, RO, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, RO, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, RO, BrazilIntroduction: Lacaziosis is a rare disease that mainly affects workers in tropical areas, with approximately 500 cases reported worldwide. Lacaziosis is a parasitic disease caused by the saprophytic fungus Lacazia loboi; there is no specific treatment for this disease. Surgery is the most effective treatment for the deformities caused by the disease. However, it is a temporary treatment, since disease recurrence is frequently observed. Lacazia loboi affects two species of dolphin, Tursiops truncates and Sotalia guianensis. The available literature discusses the surgical treatment in a superficial way , because there are no specific studies describing the surgical treatment for this disease. Methods: Here, we describe our 8 years of experience with lacaziosis at the Hospital de Base de Porto Velho - Rondônia; a total of 22 patients underwent surgical treatment and were followed-up. Results: The majority of the patients (91%) had already submitted to at least one surgical treatment together with antifungal treatment. The patients presented with lesions with disease progression ranging from 5 months to 6 years prior to surgical treatment. Only two patients were treatment-naive. Conclusion: Our patients were followed-up; however, only 11 of the 22 patients returned for follow-up. Recurrences were observed in 9 of the 11 patients, with a latency period of 5 months.http://www.rbcp.org.br/export-pdf/2363/en_v34n1a26.pdflobomycosisreconstructive surgical procedurescommunicable diseasesadvanced treatmentrecurrence lacazia |
| spellingShingle | Rodolfo Luis Korte Cipriano Ferreira-Junior Ana Elisa Kadri Castilho Laryssa Fernanda Feitosa Anita Sperandio Porto Plastic surgery for the treatment of contagious diseases: lobomycosis Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica lobomycosis reconstructive surgical procedures communicable diseases advanced treatment recurrence lacazia |
| title | Plastic surgery for the treatment of contagious
diseases: lobomycosis |
| title_full | Plastic surgery for the treatment of contagious
diseases: lobomycosis |
| title_fullStr | Plastic surgery for the treatment of contagious
diseases: lobomycosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Plastic surgery for the treatment of contagious
diseases: lobomycosis |
| title_short | Plastic surgery for the treatment of contagious
diseases: lobomycosis |
| title_sort | plastic surgery for the treatment of contagious diseases lobomycosis |
| topic | lobomycosis reconstructive surgical procedures communicable diseases advanced treatment recurrence lacazia |
| url | http://www.rbcp.org.br/export-pdf/2363/en_v34n1a26.pdf |
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