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Adrenal histoplasmosis in immunocompetent patients presenting as adrenal insufficiency

Author(s) -

Smeeta Gajendra,

Rashi Sharma,

Shalini Goel,

Ruchika Goel,

Lipika Lipi,

Hemanti Sarin,

Mridula Guleria,

Ritesh Sachdev

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

turkish journal of pathology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.305

H-Index - 14

eISSN - 1309-5730

pISSN - 1018-5615

DOI - 10.5146/tjpath.2015.01349

Subject(s) - histoplasmosis , medicine , adrenal insufficiency , histoplasma , histopathology , itraconazole , dimorphic fungus , asymptomatic , pathology , cytopathology , dermatology , radiology , cytology , histoplasma capsulatum , antifungal , biology , genetics , yeast

Histoplasmosis is an infectious disease caused by the dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, endemic in central and eastern states of United States, South America and Africa. India is considered to be non-endemic area for histoplasmosis. Disseminated histoplasmosis may affect almost all systems. Disseminated histoplasmosis with asymptomatic adrenal involvement has been described in immunocompromised patients; whereas isolated adrenal involvement with adrenal insufficiency as the presenting manifestation of the disease is rare.

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