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Unusual Orofacial Manifestations of Histoplasmosis in Renal Transplanted Patient

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Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection caused by the Histoplasma capsulatum. Mucosal manifestations are uncommon, but, when present, they are usually associated with pulmonary or chronic disseminated infection. The course of the disease is often related to the host immune response. The purpose of this article is to describe the clinical and microscopic findings of unusual involvement of nasal cartilage and septal destruction, and oral lesions of histoplasmosis in an immunosuppressed patient who presented an unusual form of the disease.

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  1. Department of Morphology, Stomatology and Physiology, School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

    Ana Carolina F. Motta, Rodrigo Galo, Alan Grupioni Lourenço & Marilena C. Komesu

  2. Laboratory of Pathology, University Hospital, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

    Darlene Arruda

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

    Fabiana Guerra Velasco, Beatriz C. Garcia & Norma T. Foss

  4. Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, CEP: 14049-900, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

    Norma T. Foss

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Motta, A.C.F., Galo, R., Lourenço, A.G. et al. Unusual Orofacial Manifestations of Histoplasmosis in Renal Transplanted Patient. Mycopathologia 161, 161–165 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-005-0195-y

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