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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Main Authors: Farhana Ebrahim Suleman, Pieter Albrecht Scheepers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2011-08-01
Series:South African Journal of Radiology
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Online Access:https://sajr.org.za/index.php/sajr/article/view/372
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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
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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
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