scholarly journals Primary Histoplasmosis of Vocal Cord in an Immunocompetent Elderly Man- A case Report with Literature Review

1970 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-81
Author(s):  
Shah Khaled Habib ◽  
Shamsul Arefin Patwary ◽  
Mohammad Ahik Imran Khan ◽  
Md Titu Miah ◽  
Ratan Das Gupta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Fungal Infection ◽  
Vocal Cord ◽  
Unusual Case ◽  
Chronic Infections ◽  
Diagnostic Challenge ◽  
Endemic Areas

Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection primarily acquired through inhalation, and is rarely encountered outside endemic areas. In non-endemic areas, histoplasmosis poses a diagnostic challenge, especially since the presenting lesions can mimic carcinoma and other chronic infections including tuberculosis. We report an unusual case of isolated vocal cord histoplasmosis in a 60 year old immunocompetent man from Bangladesh presenting with hoarseness of voice. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jom.v13i1.10080 JOM 2012; 13(1): 77-81

Isolated Hip Infection by Paracoccidioides Brasiliensis: A Case Report

2003 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.H.F. Picado ◽  
F.L. Garcia ◽  
C.H. Barbieri
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Fungal Infection ◽  
Paracoccidioides Brasiliensis ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Diagnostic Challenge ◽  
Hip Infection ◽  
Endemic Areas ◽  
Unusual Situation

Paracoccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection that presents a diagnostic challenge even in endemic areas, due mainly to the multiplicity of clinical manifestations and organs involved. We describe a case of the disease that only affected the hip, a very unusual situation.

scholarly journals Successful treatment of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in an adult with acute leukemia: case report and literature review

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Alghamdi ◽  
A. Lutynski ◽  
M. Minden ◽  
C. Rotstein
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Acute Leukemia ◽  
Fungal Infection ◽  
Antifungal Therapy ◽  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Invasive Fungal Infection ◽  
Hematologic Malignancies ◽  
Considerable Morbidity ◽  
Delays In Diagnosis

Mucormycosis has emerged as an important cause of invasive fungal infection in patients with hematologic malignancies. Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is an unusual presentation of this invasive fungal infection, and it causes considerable morbidity and mortality. Such outcomes are due in part to a nonspecific presentation that results in delays in diagnosis and treatment. Successful treatment of gastrointestinal mucormycosis involves surgical debridement and appropriate antifungal therapy.

scholarly journals Excellent Functionality Despite Clinico-Radiological Deformity in Osteomyelitis Variolosa - A Case Report

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-119
Author(s):  
Aakash Mugalur ◽  
Sunil M Shahane ◽  
Ashwin Samant ◽  
Aditya C Pathak ◽  
Rajeev Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Elbow Joint ◽  
Cortical Thickening ◽  
Diagnostic Challenge ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Articular Surfaces ◽  
The World ◽  
Radiological Abnormality ◽  
Endemic Areas ◽  
The Right

Despite the eradication of smallpox from the world in 1980 the osteo-articular sequelae of smallpox are still occasionally noticed in previously endemic areas. The sequelae of osteomyelitis variolosa may raise a diagnostic challenge to the untrained eyes of the surgeon. We present a case of “osteomyelitis variolosa” in a 70 years old patient. The patient had bilateral dislocation of the elbow joint with multidirectional instability. There was distortion of the articular surfaces and ankylosis of the bilateral proximal radio-ulnar joint. Hypoplasia of the right ulna with short fourth and fifth metacarpals of the left hand and hypoplasia of right fourth metacarpal with cortical thickening was noted radiologically. The patient had minimal disability of his elbows despite the striking radiological abnormality and was functionally independent.

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