Gonarthritis as only manifestation of chronic disseminated histoplasmosis.

A native from Surinam (South America), known to have a chronic gonarthritis for 20 years, died from an acute disseminated histoplasmosis. His gonarthritis was retrospectively shown to have been due to histoplasmosis. Although histoplasmosis rarely presents as a monarthritis, unacquaintance with this entity may result in fatal acute dissemination of the histoplasmosis.

Primary pulmonary manifestation of Hodgkin's disease.

We describe 2 patients with rare primary pulmonary manifestation of Hodgkin's disease. Our 1st patient, who had unilateral pulmonary involvement and has been treated with segmental resection and cyclophosphamide, has survived greater than 18 years without relapse. He is the first patient reported with such a long survival.