Invasive histoplasmosis of the mandible.
We present a case of an 82-year-old man with a 1-year history of a slowly enlarging, nontender, exophytic oral mucosal lesion with focal ulceration of the right alveolar ridge of the mandible associated with cortical bone resorption. Two consecutive biopsies revealed histoplasma capsulatum. A review of the literature confirms that this is an uncommon manifestation of this fungal disease, but must be considered in the differential diagnosis of an oral ulcerative lesion.
Dobleman
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Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Chicago Medical Center, Illinois.
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Goldman
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D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000473:pathology*