Orofacial histoplasmosis in a patient with AIDS: a case report: Orofacial histoplasmosis

Shweta  Patel; Khushbu Bhalodiya; Nikita   Modh; Dhaneshwar  Lanjewar

Authors

Shweta Patel GUJARAT ADANI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, BHUJ
Khushbu Bhalodiya GUJARAT ADANI INSTITUE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, BHUJ
Nikita Modh GUJARAT ADANI INSTITUE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, BHUJ
Dhaneshwar Lanjewar GUJARAT ADANI INSTITUE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, BHUJ

Keywords:

Histoplasmosis, Oral, Cutaneous, HIV, AIDS

Abstract

Histoplasmosis, also known as Darling's disease, is a fungal infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum and is common among patients with AIDS and is mainly found in North, Central and South America and sub-Saharan Africa. It manifests as pulmonary, progressive disseminated histoplasmosis involving reticuloendothelial system, liver, spleen, lymph node, bone marrow, adrenal glands and primary cutaneous histoplasmosis. In HIV infection, 10% cases of histoplasmosis have cutaneous manifestations. Only 12 reports of AIDS associated histoplasmosis are described in the Indian literature. In this report, we describe an additional case of histoplasmosis in 19-year-old male in Kutch district of Gujarat state.

Author Biographies

Khushbu Bhalodiya, GUJARAT ADANI INSTITUE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, BHUJ

Resident in Pathology, GAIMS, Bhuj, Kachchh, Gujarat
Nikita Modh, GUJARAT ADANI INSTITUE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, BHUJ

Assistant Professor in Pathology, GAIMS, Bhuj, Kachchh, Gujarat-370001
Dhaneshwar Lanjewar , GUJARAT ADANI INSTITUE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, BHUJ

Former Professor and Head Department of Pathology, GAIMS, Bhuj, Kachchh, Gujarat-370001.

Orofacial histoplasmosis in a patient with AIDS: a case report