A 46-YO ♂️: oropharyngeal lesions, cervical lymphadenopathy, intermittent fever, hepatosplenomegaly, and deteriorating general health.
Needle aspiration from submandibular lymph node: intra- and extracellular yeasts
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DOI:
doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.…
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Needle aspiration from submandibular lymph node: intra- and extracellular yeasts
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DOI:
doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.…
#dermpath #mycology
The histopathology of oral lesion showed features of HISTOPLASMOSIS confirmed later from culture of Histoplasma capsulatum on culture
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In immunocompetent hosts, when chronic disseminated histoplasmosis occurs from pulmonary infection, oral ulcers, nodules, and vegetative plaques are common and dissemination to liver, spleen, bone marrow, and other organs is frequent.
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The disseminated histoplasmosis seen in this case had no clinical evidence of immune suppression
The patient presented a deteriorated clinical condition, hypotension, electrolyte imbalance, and altered sensory that ended fatally perhaps due to adrenal insufficiency
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The patient presented a deteriorated clinical condition, hypotension, electrolyte imbalance, and altered sensory that ended fatally perhaps due to adrenal insufficiency
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