Lesiones cutáneas como manifestación de una histoplasmosis diseminada en un hospital del Perú / Skin lesions of a disseminated histoplasmosis in Peru

ABSTRACT

The dermatological manifestations of disseminated histoplasmosis present in about 17% of the cases, is a challenge for its diagnosis. We report the case of a patient from the northern coast of Peru, who presented diffuse dermal lesions, erythema-violaceous nodules, and ulcers histopathologically compatible with the infection of the genus Histoplasma var. capsulatum