Table 1: Prevalence (percentage) of organs involved in patients with paracoccidioidomycosis. Study of autopsies.

Benaim-Pinto et al.
1961
N=50 		Del Negro
1961
N=56 		Brass et al.
1969
N=36 		Dillon
1972
N=14 		Salfeder
1969
N=11 		Defaveri et al.
2002
N=13 N=40
Organs Acute Chronic
Lungs 69.6 67.8 75.0 42.0 100.0 100.0 97.5
Limph nodes 67.7 64.3 33.0 28.0 72.7 - 50.0
Oral mucosa, pharynx, larynx 55.6 41.1 40.0 - 18.2 - 70.0
Adrenals 56.7 48.2 80.0 57.0 36.3 75.0 63.0
Central nervous system 2.2 12.5 - 21.0 - - -
Liver 29.0 37.5 27.0 21.0 45.5 100.0 -
Spleen 17.6 39.3 2.7 21.0 54.5 - -
Skin 31.3 39.3 2.7 64.0 - - -
Kidneys 6.2 19.6 8.3 14.0 9.1 - -
Bowels 23.4 28.4 2.7 - - - -
Bone marrow - - - - - 75.0 -
Heart 2.0 - 2.7 7.0 9.1 - -

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