Primary cutaneous histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent host from a nonendemic area
A 32-year-old male presented to Dermatology outpatient Department with complaints of a single nonhealing ulcer on his right thigh. This lesion was there for the last 1 months. It had begun as a small nodule and increased up to the present size of 3 cm with an oozing and ulcerated surface and thicke...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
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| Summary: | A 32-year-old male presented to Dermatology outpatient Department with complaints of a single nonhealing ulcer on his right thigh. This lesion was there for the last 1 months. It had begun as a small nodule and increased up to the present size of 3 cm with an oozing and ulcerated surface and thickened everted margins. The systemic investigations were normal which included hemogram, biochemistry, including liver and renal function tests, chest X-ray, ultrasonography of abdomen, computed tomography of the thorax, and abdomen. Skin biopsy revealed multiple rounds to oval spores with surrounding halo intracellularly as well as extracellularly. A diagnosis of deep fungal infection as histoplasmosis was made and confirmed on culture. |
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| Item Description: | 0019-5154 1998-3611 10.4103/0019-5154.185748 |