Histoplasmosis of the tibia.

Disseminated histoplasmosis is the most serious form of the disease produced by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. Histoplasmosis was first described by Darling in 1906, and it is endemic in certain areas of Central and Southeastern regions of USA, and most Latin America countries, including the Pampa húmeda and Mesopotamia regions in Argentina, but in other continents it has a limited regional distribution. Lung involvement predominates in 90% of cases, but H.

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[Apropos of 1 Ivoirian case of osseus and cutaneous histoplasmosis by Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii].

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July 1998

Service de chirurgie pédiatrique, CHU de Treichville, Abidjan, Côte-d'Ivoire.

R Bankolé Sanni C Denoulet B Coulibaly R Nandiolo E Kassi

Humeral, tibial and cutaneous localizations of Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii were observed on a 6 year old boy. The diagnosis was made possible by anatomo-pathological and mycological examinations.

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[Multiple bone lesions of a type of disseminated African histoplasmosis in a Togolese immunocompetent child].

Rev Chir Orthop Reparatrice Appar Mot

October 1996

Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologie du CHU-Tokoin, Lomé-Togo.

P Pitche A Dossim M Mijiyawa G Napo-Koura K Tchangaï-Walla

The authors report one case of disseminated African's histoplasmosis with numerous bones in Togolese immunocompetent child. The left tibia and fibula, the collarbones and the acromion were the bones mostly affected. The chronic fistulate lesion of the left leg associated with skin lesion allowed to evoke the diagnosis, this being confirmed by histological examination.

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