title: [Pulmonary histoplasmosis due to Histoplasma capsulatum. A case].
abstract: The authors report a case of benign multinodular pulmonary histoplasmosis, occurring in a 65 year old woman coming back from Guatemala. The disease presented with both fever and cough. The diagnosis was made on a lung biopsy (by thoracotomy) that showed granulomas with giant cells, lymphocytes and central necrosis, and histoplasma capsulatum yeasts on Gomori Grocott coloration. The authors recall the main radiological forms of the disease, and the difficulties of the diagnosis. When not disseminated, histoplasmosis usually has a good prognosis and does not require any treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Pierre-Bénite.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mongeal
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Balduin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Voloch
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Souquet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pinet
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Piens
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Guibert
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bernard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006658:Histoplasma; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Histoplasmose pulmonaire à Histoplasma capsulatum. Un cas.