Histoplasmosis mimicking a tumor of the thumb in a patient with neurofibromatosis type I: A case report and review of the literature

We describe an immunocompromised 73‐year‐old male with a history of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) who presented with a lesion on the thumb concerning for malignancy that was found to be histoplasmosis. This unique case highlights the importance of a thorough history and a broad differential diagnos...

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Autores principales: Levine, Joshua Marc, Manivel, Juan, Luna, Jeffery
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10593976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37881198
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.8088
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spelling pubmed-105939762023-10-25 Histoplasmosis mimicking a tumor of the thumb in a patient with neurofibromatosis type I: A case report and review of the literature Levine, Joshua Marc Manivel, Juan Luna, Jeffery Clin Case Rep Case Report We describe an immunocompromised 73‐year‐old male with a history of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) who presented with a lesion on the thumb concerning for malignancy that was found to be histoplasmosis. This unique case highlights the importance of a thorough history and a broad differential diagnosis in the management of new osteoarticular lesions. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10593976/ /pubmed/37881198 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.8088 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Histoplasmosis mimicking a tumor of the thumb in a patient with neurofibromatosis type I: A case report and review of the literature
title Histoplasmosis mimicking a tumor of the thumb in a patient with neurofibromatosis type I: A case report and review of the literature
title_full Histoplasmosis mimicking a tumor of the thumb in a patient with neurofibromatosis type I: A case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Histoplasmosis mimicking a tumor of the thumb in a patient with neurofibromatosis type I: A case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Histoplasmosis mimicking a tumor of the thumb in a patient with neurofibromatosis type I: A case report and review of the literature
title_short Histoplasmosis mimicking a tumor of the thumb in a patient with neurofibromatosis type I: A case report and review of the literature
title_sort histoplasmosis mimicking a tumor of the thumb in a patient with neurofibromatosis type i: a case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10593976/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.8088
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