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 Introduction

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 49. Histoplasmosis / Purulent folliculitis

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Fig. 49-A5

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Fig. 49-A5
Fig. 49-A5: Histoplasmosis

In human cases of infection with these fungi by inhalation primary complexes may result in the lungs which later calcify. The foci of primary complexes may become later typical so called histoplasmomas, i. e. mycotic pseudotumors which may be confused with true tumors.

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Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Los Andes
Merida - Venezuela