Histoplasmosis presenting as a neck mass.
A unilateral neck mass is an unusual clinical presentation for histoplasmosis. A patient with a large, unilateral neck mass caused by Histoplasma capsulatum is presented to alert readers to such a possibility and to illustrate some of the difficulties in diagnosing and managing the disease.
Belani
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Department of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610.
Shands
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D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed