Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Isolated Non-Resolving Vulvar Lesion as a Presentation of Disseminated Histoplasmosis in a Woman with HIV |
| Authors: |
Moni Roy, Ashish Kumar Roy, Jan Nalinee Upalakalin, Sharjeel Ahmad |
| Source: |
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (2020) |
| Publisher Information: |
SMC MEDIA SRL, 2020. |
| Publication Year: |
2020 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Medicine |
| Subject Terms: |
disseminated histoplasmosis, vulvar lesion, hiv, aids, Medicine |
| More Details: |
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. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2284-2594 |
| Relation: |
https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1814; https://doaj.org/toc/2284-2594 |
| DOI: |
10.12890/2020_001814 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/2c8ace40c43c4892bd80604e09f4722d |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.2c8ace40c43c4892bd80604e09f4722d |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
