DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH SARCOIDOSIS - A CONTROVERSIAL RELATIONSHIP AND A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA

Authors
YASEEN Z HAVLICHEK D MATHES B HAHN MH
Citation
Z. Yaseen et al., DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH SARCOIDOSIS - A CONTROVERSIAL RELATIONSHIP AND A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA, The American journal of the medical sciences, 313(3), 1997, pp. 187-190
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
The American journal of the medical sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029629
Volume
313
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
187 - 190
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9629(1997)313:3<187:DHIAPW>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The diagnosis of sarcoidosis in patients with disseminated histoplasmo sis remains controversial. It has been suggested that the immune abnor malities in sarcoidosis predispose one to disseminated histoplasmosis. Two cases have been reported that indicate a possible relationship be tween the two diseases. This is a case of sarcoidosis complicated with disseminated histoplasmosis in which the controversial relationship b etween the two diseases is emphasized and the available medical litera ture is reviewed.