title: African histoplasmosis presenting as a facial tumour in a child.
abstract: A case of African histoplasmosis with an unusual presentation in a 13-year old Nigerian school boy is described. The diagnosis was established by histological examination of biopsy material and treatment with amphotericin B was successfully undertaken.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005147:Facial Bones; D005624:Frontal Bone; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*