Disseminated histoplasmosis presenting as pelvic inflammatory disease

A 39‐year‐old female patient was presented with acute abdominal pain. Diagnostic laparoscopy revealed extensive granulomas throughout the abdomen. Disseminated TB was suspected, but the biopsies were negative. Due to a high degree of suspicion, a urine antigen test was performed and was strongly pos...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Rimtepathip, Parin P., Erickson, Alex, Katner, Harold, Bakri, Younes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4706388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26783441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.456
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Sumario:A 39‐year‐old female patient was presented with acute abdominal pain. Diagnostic laparoscopy revealed extensive granulomas throughout the abdomen. Disseminated TB was suspected, but the biopsies were negative. Due to a high degree of suspicion, a urine antigen test was performed and was strongly positive for histoplasmosis.

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