Histoplasmosis pulmonar crónica
Histoplasmosis pulmonar crónica
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Histoplasmosis is an acquired mycotic disease produced by the histoplasma capsulatum, very frequent in Colombia, primarily affecting lungs. The pathogenesis of the histoplasmosis is similar to the one of Tuberculosis. From the clinical point of view, this disease has several manifestations including the primary acute and chronic pulmonary forms, Histoplasmoma, pulmonary disseminated histoplasmosis, mediastinal compromise due to granulomatosis and fibrosis, as well as ocular histoplasmosis.
A clinical case of a 33-year old man is presented who consults for dry coughing, of one year of evolution, without any other symptomatology, with a normal chest X-ray, and after several studies, including chest CAT and fiber-bronchoscopy, a pulmonary histoplasmosis was determined by histopathology.
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