Disseminated histoplasmosis presenting with chronic ulcerative tongue lesions in a patient with diabetes
We describe a case of chronic tongue ulceration with systemic symptoms in a patient with poorly controlled diabetes. A biopsy of a lesion from the posterior third of the tongue showed features typical of histoplasmosis. A CT of the thorax and abdomen revealed a diffuse reticulonodular pattern bilate...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2010
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/9989/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/9989/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/9989/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/9989/1/bcr.06.2010.3120.full.pdf |
| Summary: | We describe a case of chronic tongue ulceration with systemic symptoms in a patient with poorly controlled diabetes. A biopsy of a lesion from the posterior third of the tongue showed features typical of histoplasmosis. A CT of the thorax and abdomen revealed a diffuse reticulonodular pattern bilaterally.The intra-abdominal organs were normal. |
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