Roy, Moni and Roy, Ashish Kumar and Upalakalin, Jan Nalinee and Ahmad, Sharjeel (2020) Isolated Non-Resolving Vulvar Lesion as a Presentation of Disseminated Histoplasmosis in a Woman with HIV. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 7 (10). pp. 1-3. ISSN ISSN: 2284-2594
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Abstract
Disseminated histoplasmosis is most commonly caused by Histoplasma capsulatum and is a known opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. The clinical presentation of histoplasmosis varies from asymptomatic to a progressive disseminated form. Pulmonary and CNS involvement is common in disseminated histoplasmosis. Rarely, disseminated disease can present as vulvar lesion in the absence of pulmonary symptoms, causing a delay in diagnosis. As per our PubMed literature search, there have only been two reported cases where vulvar lesion was the only presenting symptom of disseminated disease. In our patient, a histopathological diagnosis was made with staining showing budding yeast forms of histoplasma.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Disseminated histoplasmosis, vulvar lesion, HIV/AIDS |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 610.28 Medicina e salute - Tecniche e procedure ausiliarie, attrezzature, materiali (Classificare qui le opere d'insieme sull'Ingegneria biomedica) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2021 13:43 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Dec 2021 13:43 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21027 |
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