Cutaneous Histoplasmosis: An Unusual Presentation with Nasal Obstruction

Histoplasmosis is a systemic fungal disease that may be presented with a variety of clinical manifestations, usually as an opportunistic infection in immunocompromised individuals. We present an HIV seropositive patient with a large fleshy growth causing left-sided nasal obstruction, as an unusual p...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sinha, Surabhi, Agrawal, Diksha, Sardana, Kabir, Malhotra, Purnima
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7413458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32832454
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_422_19
_version_ 1783568801024966656
author Sinha, Surabhi
Agrawal, Diksha
Sardana, Kabir
Malhotra, Purnima
author_facet Sinha, Surabhi
Agrawal, Diksha
Sardana, Kabir
Malhotra, Purnima
author_sort Sinha, Surabhi
collection PubMed
description Histoplasmosis is a systemic fungal disease that may be presented with a variety of clinical manifestations, usually as an opportunistic infection in immunocompromised individuals. We present an HIV seropositive patient with a large fleshy growth causing left-sided nasal obstruction, as an unusual presentation. The lesions shrunk dramatically and almost completely on intravenous amphotericin-B lipid complex (ABLC) given for 2 weeks followed by long-term oral itraconazole.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7413458
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-74134582020-08-20 Cutaneous Histoplasmosis: An Unusual Presentation with Nasal Obstruction Sinha, Surabhi Agrawal, Diksha Sardana, Kabir Malhotra, Purnima Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Histoplasmosis is a systemic fungal disease that may be presented with a variety of clinical manifestations, usually as an opportunistic infection in immunocompromised individuals. We present an HIV seropositive patient with a large fleshy growth causing left-sided nasal obstruction, as an unusual presentation. The lesions shrunk dramatically and almost completely on intravenous amphotericin-B lipid complex (ABLC) given for 2 weeks followed by long-term oral itraconazole. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7413458/ /pubmed/32832454 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_422_19 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
spellingShingle Case Report
Sinha, Surabhi
Agrawal, Diksha
Sardana, Kabir
Malhotra, Purnima
Cutaneous Histoplasmosis: An Unusual Presentation with Nasal Obstruction
title Cutaneous Histoplasmosis: An Unusual Presentation with Nasal Obstruction
title_full Cutaneous Histoplasmosis: An Unusual Presentation with Nasal Obstruction
title_fullStr Cutaneous Histoplasmosis: An Unusual Presentation with Nasal Obstruction
title_full_unstemmed Cutaneous Histoplasmosis: An Unusual Presentation with Nasal Obstruction
title_short Cutaneous Histoplasmosis: An Unusual Presentation with Nasal Obstruction
title_sort cutaneous histoplasmosis: an unusual presentation with nasal obstruction
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7413458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32832454
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_422_19
work_keys_str_mv AT sinhasurabhi cutaneoushistoplasmosisanunusualpresentationwithnasalobstruction
AT agrawaldiksha cutaneoushistoplasmosisanunusualpresentationwithnasalobstruction
AT sardanakabir cutaneoushistoplasmosisanunusualpresentationwithnasalobstruction
AT malhotrapurnima cutaneoushistoplasmosisanunusualpresentationwithnasalobstruction

Ejemplares similares