Friedman Adam, Solomon Garron, Segal-Maurer Sorana, Pereira Fred
Department of Medicine, New York Hospital Queens, Queens, NY, USA.
Dermatol Online J. 2008 Jan 15;14(1):12.
A 66-year-old Columbian man presented with a 15-day history of generalized weakness, cough, fever, and verrucous, ulcerating plaques of the face, upper chest, upper back, and arms. The patient proved to be HIV positive. Histopathologic examination showed a diffuse lymphocytic infiltrate coupled with a striking number of yeast forms within macrophages. The clinical presentation and histopathologic alterations are consistent with the diagnosis disseminated Histoplasma capsulatum. This case emphasizes the importance of increasing awareness of histoplasmosis in nonendemic areas as a result of the large subgroup of immunocompromised patients at risk. Disseminated histoplasmosis can be a treatable HIV complication if recognized early, although is unfortunately a harbinger for an overall poor prognosis.
一名66岁的哥伦比亚男子出现全身无力、咳嗽、发热症状达15天,面部、上胸部、上背部和手臂有疣状溃疡性斑块。该患者被证实为HIV阳性。组织病理学检查显示弥漫性淋巴细胞浸润,巨噬细胞内有大量酵母样形态。临床表现和组织病理学改变符合播散型荚膜组织胞浆菌病的诊断。该病例强调了提高非流行地区对组织胞浆菌病认识的重要性,因为有大量免疫功能低下患者处于危险之中。如果早期识别,播散型组织胞浆菌病可以是一种可治疗的HIV并发症,尽管不幸的是它预示着总体预后不良。