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Tropical Diseases:

I Leishmaniasis
II Paracoccidioidomycosis
III Blastomycocis
IV Chromoblastomycosis
V Lepra
VI Sporotrichosis
VII Histoplasmosis
VIII Rhinosporidiosis
IX Mycetomas
X Rhinoscleroma
XI Chagasdisease
XII Actinomycosis
XIII Mucormycosis
XIV Amoebiasis
XV Protothecosis
XVI Lobomycosis
XVII Phaeohyphomycosis
XVIII Pruritus actinicus
XIX Bite of snake
XX Coccidioidomycosis

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VII. Histoplasmosis

Case 48. Histoplasmosis / Epithelioma

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Fig. 48-A1

Fig. 48-A1
Fig. 48-A1: Histoplasmosis

A 61-years old female patient from the State Barinas / Venezuela presents a circular, coin-like ulceration on the left cheek. It was neither painful nor itching and had a diameter of 3 cm. clinically and histologically a Leishmaniasis was assumed. Several intracellular small granules were seen. Later, it could be confirmed that instead of a Leishmaniasis a histoplasmosis existed which could be proved by the Grocott method and by culture.

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Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Los Andes
Merida - Venezuela