title: Histoplasma granuloma of the conjunctiva.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the clinical and pathologic features of a conjunctival granuloma resulting from Histoplasma capsulatum.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinicopathologic case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Surgical excision of conjunctival lesion, histopathologic study with special stains, and a fluorescent antibody technique.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A conjunctiva granuloma was found to contain microorganisms, compatible with H. capsulatum, confirmed by a fluorescent antibody technique. The conjunctiva returned to normal.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A focal granuloma of the conjunctiva contained H. capsulatum in a patient whose recent symptoms suggested primary infection. The conjunctival lesion was similar to mucocutaneous lesions seen in patients with systemic histoplasmosis.
authors.affiliation: Eye Pathology Laboratory, Wilmer Institute and Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-9248, USA.
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Knox
authors.forename: Terrence P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: W Richard
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006658:Histoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans