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Disseminated histoplasmosis manifesting as a soft‐tissue chest wall mass in a heart transplant recipient
Author(s) -
Koo H.L.,
Hamill R.J.,
Gentry L.O.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00295.x
Subject(s) - histoplasmosis , medicine , soft tissue , histoplasma , heart transplantation , histoplasma capsulatum , pathology , surgery , transplantation
Soft‐tissue masses are rarely associated with Histoplasma capsulatum infection. We describe a heart transplant patient who presented with a large right‐sided chest wall mass as a manifestation of disseminated histoplasmosis. A successful clinical outcome was achieved upon recognition of the fungal pathogen.