African histoplasmosis: osteomyelitis of the radius.
Bone lesions in African histoplasmosis caused by Histoplasma capsulatum var, duboisii, without other signs of the infection, are often misdiagnosed as cancer. A case of isolated osteomyelitis due to this fungus in a 30-year-old woman is described. Diagnostic and therapeutic problems of isolated bone lesions in African histoplasmosis are discussed. A high diagnostic index of African histoplasmosis is advocated in isolated bone lesions in the endemic region of this disease.
Onwuasoigwe
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Orthopedic Unit, Department of Surgery, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.
Gugnani
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011859:Radiography; D011884:Radius / Q000473:pathology*