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East and Central African Journal of Surgery
Association of Surgeons of East Africa and College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa
ISSN: 1024-297X EISSN: 1024-297X
Vol. 22, No. 1, 2017, pp. 107-110
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Bioline Code: js17014
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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East and Central African Journal of Surgery, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2017, pp. 107-110
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A Rare Case of Primary Mucocutaneous Histoplasmosis Presenting as a Non-Healing and Disfiguring Upper Lip Ulcer.
Muchuweti, D; Makunike-Mutasa, R; Muguti, E & Nyandoro, G
Abstract
BA 27-year-old female patient presented with a non-healing disfiguring upper lip ulcer for
10 months. At the time of presentation 50% of her lip had been eroded. She had had
several consultations and had been on several antibiotic courses without improvement.
Histopathological evaluation of an incisional biopsy specimen revealed that she had
histoplasmosis. This prompted an HIV test, as this disease is common in
immunocompromised patients. Once the diagnosis was clinched she was commenced on
Itraconazole with complete resolution of the ulcer. Antiretroviral therapy was also
initiated.
Keywords
HIV, Histoplasmosis, Histoplasma Capsulatum , mucocutaneous, ulcer, immunocompromised, Itraconazole
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