ABSTRACT
In France, American pulmonary histoplasmosis is an imported deep mycosis, caused by inhalation of Histoplasma capsulatum. Clinical and radiological features of this exotic disease are multiple, simulating tuberculosis or cancer. We report two cases of American histoplasmosis with pseudo-tumoral form, in immunocompetent subjects working in Venezuela, with a multinodular pulmonary presentation.
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Histoplasmosis/complications , Histoplasmosis/diagnosis , Lung Neoplasms/diagnosis , Adult , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Immunocompetence , Male , Middle Aged , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/diagnosis , VenezuelaABSTRACT
We report a case of lobomycosis presenting like a cutaneous tumoral lesion in a patient living in Guyana. The causative agent is Loboa loboi. The illness is seldom observed in metropolitan France. The epidemiology, the clinical features, the course and the treatment are studied. The diagnosis is histological, with the morphological features of yeast-like cells.