1.
Liver Transpl
; 10(3): 465-6, 2004 Mar.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15004779
2.
J Dermatol
; 29(12): 797-802, 2002 Dec.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12532047
RESUMEN
We report a case of primary cutaneous histoplasmosis in a fifty-year-old African-American woman with diabetes and multi-infarct dementia. The patient developed fever and crusted, nodulo-ulcerative lesions of the skin after accidental superficial trauma to the forehead. The biopsy revealed suppurative granulomatous inflammation with intracellular and extracellular yeast-like cells with associated clear halo measuring 3-4 mm in size. Systemic involvement was not found. The lesions cleared after treatment with itraconazole 200 mg twice a day for 3 weeks. The medication was continued for a total period of 3 months, with no signs of recurrence after one-year of follow-up.