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Granulomatous Hepatitis Secondary to Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient
Histoplasma capsulatum is the most common endemic mycosis in the United States and usually occurs in certain geographic areas, such as the Mississippi or Ohio River valleys. Histoplasmosis usually causes a mild disease in the immunocompetent but can progress to disseminated disease in patients with...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8409462/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34513533 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17631 |
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author | Muhanna, Adel Nimri, Faisal M Almomani, Zaid A Al Momani, Laith Likhitsup, Alisa |
author_facet | Muhanna, Adel Nimri, Faisal M Almomani, Zaid A Al Momani, Laith Likhitsup, Alisa |
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description | Histoplasma capsulatum is the most common endemic mycosis in the United States and usually occurs in certain geographic areas, such as the Mississippi or Ohio River valleys. Histoplasmosis usually causes a mild disease in the immunocompetent but can progress to disseminated disease in patients with impaired immunity. Granulomatous hepatitis as a manifestation of disseminated histoplasmosis in immunocompetent patients is extremely rare. We report the case of a 62-year-old immunocompetent gentleman with a history of histoplasmosis who presented with abdominal pain, elevated liver enzymes, who was diagnosed with granulomatous hepatitis secondary to histoplasmosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-84094622021-09-09 Granulomatous Hepatitis Secondary to Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient Muhanna, Adel Nimri, Faisal M Almomani, Zaid A Al Momani, Laith Likhitsup, Alisa Cureus Pathology Histoplasma capsulatum is the most common endemic mycosis in the United States and usually occurs in certain geographic areas, such as the Mississippi or Ohio River valleys. Histoplasmosis usually causes a mild disease in the immunocompetent but can progress to disseminated disease in patients with impaired immunity. Granulomatous hepatitis as a manifestation of disseminated histoplasmosis in immunocompetent patients is extremely rare. We report the case of a 62-year-old immunocompetent gentleman with a history of histoplasmosis who presented with abdominal pain, elevated liver enzymes, who was diagnosed with granulomatous hepatitis secondary to histoplasmosis. Cureus 2021-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8409462/ /pubmed/34513533 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17631 Text en Copyright © 2021, Muhanna et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Pathology Muhanna, Adel Nimri, Faisal M Almomani, Zaid A Al Momani, Laith Likhitsup, Alisa Granulomatous Hepatitis Secondary to Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient |
title | Granulomatous Hepatitis Secondary to Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient |
title_full | Granulomatous Hepatitis Secondary to Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient |
title_fullStr | Granulomatous Hepatitis Secondary to Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient |
title_full_unstemmed | Granulomatous Hepatitis Secondary to Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient |
title_short | Granulomatous Hepatitis Secondary to Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient |
title_sort | granulomatous hepatitis secondary to histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent patient |
topic | Pathology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8409462/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34513533 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17631 |
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