Multiple skeletal lesions and pleural effusion owing to Histoplasma capsulatum infection in an immunocompetent patient from a non-endemic region
We describe a rare case of multiple skeletal lesions and a pleural effusion owing to Histoplasma capsulatum infection in a 16-year-old immunocompetent girl residing in a non-endemic region. Of note is that the patient had a lesion within a thoracic vertebra. Following an extensive literature search,...
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author | Farhana Ebrahim Suleman Pieter Albrecht Scheepers |
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description | We describe a rare case of multiple skeletal lesions and a pleural effusion owing to Histoplasma capsulatum infection in a 16-year-old immunocompetent girl residing in a non-endemic region. Of note is that the patient had a lesion within a thoracic vertebra. Following an extensive literature search, we found that vertebral involvement by H. capsulatum had not been previously described. Pleural effusion and skeletal lesions are both rare manifestations of H. capsulatum infection. |
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spelling | doaj.art-f73b9305c50645ff9af4b32746f51e9d2022-12-22T01:38:57ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Radiology1027-202X2078-67782011-08-01153828410.4102/sajr.v15i3.372372Multiple skeletal lesions and pleural effusion owing to Histoplasma capsulatum infection in an immunocompetent patient from a non-endemic regionFarhana Ebrahim Suleman0Pieter Albrecht Scheepersuniversity of limpopo medunsa campusWe describe a rare case of multiple skeletal lesions and a pleural effusion owing to Histoplasma capsulatum infection in a 16-year-old immunocompetent girl residing in a non-endemic region. Of note is that the patient had a lesion within a thoracic vertebra. Following an extensive literature search, we found that vertebral involvement by H. capsulatum had not been previously described. Pleural effusion and skeletal lesions are both rare manifestations of H. capsulatum infection.https://sajr.org.za/index.php/sajr/article/view/372skeletal,fungal infections,histoplasmosis |
spellingShingle | Farhana Ebrahim Suleman Pieter Albrecht Scheepers Multiple skeletal lesions and pleural effusion owing to Histoplasma capsulatum infection in an immunocompetent patient from a non-endemic region South African Journal of Radiology skeletal,fungal infections,histoplasmosis |
title | Multiple skeletal lesions and pleural effusion owing to Histoplasma capsulatum infection in an immunocompetent patient from a non-endemic region |
title_full | Multiple skeletal lesions and pleural effusion owing to Histoplasma capsulatum infection in an immunocompetent patient from a non-endemic region |
title_fullStr | Multiple skeletal lesions and pleural effusion owing to Histoplasma capsulatum infection in an immunocompetent patient from a non-endemic region |
title_full_unstemmed | Multiple skeletal lesions and pleural effusion owing to Histoplasma capsulatum infection in an immunocompetent patient from a non-endemic region |
title_short | Multiple skeletal lesions and pleural effusion owing to Histoplasma capsulatum infection in an immunocompetent patient from a non-endemic region |
title_sort | multiple skeletal lesions and pleural effusion owing to histoplasma capsulatum infection in an immunocompetent patient from a non endemic region |
topic | skeletal,fungal infections,histoplasmosis |
url | https://sajr.org.za/index.php/sajr/article/view/372 |
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