Disseminated Histoplasmosis with Oral Manifestation in an Immunocompetent Patient

Disseminated Histoplasmosis with Oral Manifestation in an Immunocompetent Patient

A case of disseminated histoplasmosis (DH) in a 60-year-old female patient is reported from Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. The patient presented with multiple papules on the skin surrounding the lips, face, torso, trunk, and back. She also complained of growth in the palate. Histoplasmosis was confirmed...

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Veröffentlicht in:Case reports in dentistry 2017-01, Vol.2017 (2017), p.1-4
Hauptverfasser: Banerjee, Subrata, Mathur, Setu, Mathur, Meetu, Agarwal, Manoj, Chatterjee, Aishwarya, Chatterjee, Debopriya, Mallikarjun, R.
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Sprache:eng
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Case Report
Histoplasmosis
HIV patients
Infection
Skin
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Zusammenfassung:A case of disseminated histoplasmosis (DH) in a 60-year-old female patient is reported from Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. The patient presented with multiple papules on the skin surrounding the lips, face, torso, trunk, and back. She also complained of growth in the palate. Histoplasmosis was confirmed by biopsy and histopathology of skin and palatal lesions. This case report highlights the presenting features and occurrence of histoplasmosis in nonendemic region in India.
ISSN:2090-6447
2090-6455
DOI:10.1155/2017/1323514