A necrotic tonsillar lesion: An unusual presentation of disseminated histoplasmosis

We report a case of tonsillar histoplasmosis with hematogenous dissemination in a woman receiving infliximab for Crohn's disease. She also had a history of sarcoidosis. Due to the unusual location and confounding medical history, our case provided a diagnostic dilemma. Histoplasma infection was...

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Main Authors: Christopher Keen, Hwajeong Lee, Lisa Galati, John Fantauzzi, Richard Blinkhorn, Timothy A. Jennings, Sudha Chaturvedi, Marc A. Judson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221300711730031X