Histoplasmosis: an elusive re-emerging chest infection.
An immunocompetent patient presenting with disseminated histoplasmosis and superior vena cava obstruction. Features at presentation were in keeping with tuberculosis. Histology of bronchoalveolar lavage specimen clinches the diagnosis of histoplasmosis.
Department of Medicine, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria. nagodamansur@yahoo.com
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D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006658:Histoplasma; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole