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Ear Nose Throat J
; 95(8): E28-30, 2016 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27551850
ABSTRACT
Blastomyces dermatitidis is a thermally dimorphic fungus endemic to the North American soil near the Mississippi, Ohio, and St. Lawrence river valleys, as well as the Great Lakes Basin. It is responsible for blastomycosis, a systemic pyogranulomatous disease. Blastomycosis of the head and neck is decidedly uncommon and often mistaken for cancer. There are only 3 previous case reports of blastomycosis presenting as an intranasal lesion. We report the unusual case of a 24-year-old man with blastomycosis presenting with a 4-week history of a progressively enlarging intranasal mass who had complete resolution of symptoms after treatment with itraconazole and surgical excision of the lesion.
Subject(s)
Blastomyces , Blastomycosis/microbiology , Nose Diseases/microbiology , Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use , Blastomycosis/diagnosis , Blastomycosis/drug therapy , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Itraconazole/therapeutic use , Male , Nose/microbiology , Nose Diseases/diagnosis , Nose Diseases/drug therapy , Nose Neoplasms/diagnosis , Young Adult
2.
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
; 142(5): 497-8, 2016 05 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26914547