title: Spinal African histoplasmosis simulating tuberculous spondylitis.
abstract: Spinal histoplasmosis is a rare disease condition that must be differentiated from other common inflammatory lesions of the spine such as tuberculosis. A case is presented of a pathologically proven African spinal hisptoplasmosis in a 39-year-old female. Paraplegia and fever were the patient's clinical findings. Cervical plain radiography demonstrated a lytic destructive process of the lower cervical spine with radiographic signs similar to tuberculosis. The surgical management and chemotherapy of histoplasmosis are briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Makerere University Hospital, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Musoke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis