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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-A2

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Fig. 48-A2
Fig. 48-A2: Histoplasmosis

After 3 months of a specific treatment the ulcer on the cheek was completely cured (48-A1), but the patient lost permanently weight and died of a generalized fungus infection with Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum.

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Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Los Andes
Merida - Venezuela