Open AccessPrimary cutaneous histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent host from a nonendemic area
Author(s) -
Rashmi Kaul Raina,
Vikram K. Mahajan,
Ankita Sood,
Sushila Sharma
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.185748
Subject(s) - medicine , histoplasmosis , nodule (geology) , abdomen , thorax (insect anatomy) , ultrasonography , thigh , biopsy , outpatient clinic , radiology , dorsum , lesion , skin biopsy , dermatology , pathology , surgery , anatomy , paleontology , biology
A 32-year-old male presented to Dermatology outpatient Department with complaints of a single nonhealing ulcer on his right thigh. This lesion was there for the last 1 months. It had begun as a small nodule and increased up to the present size of 3 cm with an oozing and ulcerated surface and thickened everted margins. The systemic investigations were normal which included hemogram, biochemistry, including liver and renal function tests, chest X-ray, ultrasonography of abdomen, computed tomography of the thorax, and abdomen. Skin biopsy revealed multiple rounds to oval spores with surrounding halo intracellularly as well as extracellularly. A diagnosis of deep fungal infection as histoplasmosis was made and confirmed on culture