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East and Central African Journal of Surgery
Association of Surgeons of East Africa and College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa
ISSN: 1024-297X
EISSN: 1024-297X
Vol. 22, No. 1, 2017, pp. 107-110
Bioline Code: js17014
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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East and Central African Journal of Surgery, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2017, pp. 107-110

 en A Rare Case of Primary Mucocutaneous Histoplasmosis Presenting as a Non-Healing and Disfiguring Upper Lip Ulcer.
Muchuweti, D; Makunike-Mutasa, R; Muguti, E & Nyandoro, G

Abstract

BA 27-year-old female patient presented with a non-healing disfiguring upper lip ulcer for 10 months. At the time of presentation 50% of her lip had been eroded. She had had several consultations and had been on several antibiotic courses without improvement. Histopathological evaluation of an incisional biopsy specimen revealed that she had histoplasmosis. This prompted an HIV test, as this disease is common in immunocompromised patients. Once the diagnosis was clinched she was commenced on Itraconazole with complete resolution of the ulcer. Antiretroviral therapy was also initiated.

Keywords
HIV, Histoplasmosis, Histoplasma Capsulatum check for this species in other resources , mucocutaneous, ulcer, immunocompromised, Itraconazole

 
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