Oral-pharyngeal histoplasmosis (a clinico-pathological study, with a literature survey).
Histoplasmosis is a rare disease in India. We are reporting this disease in a middle-aged non-Caucasian male who has never travelled outside India. Successful treatment was achieved with the nephrotoxic anti-mycotic drug (Amphotericin B), despite a pre-existing renal impairment.
D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000473:pathology; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*
D000666:Amphotericin B