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Oral-pharyngeal histoplasmosis

(A clinico-pathological study, with a literature survey)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Mukhesh Sooknundun ,
S. K. Kacker  and
K. Kapila
Mukhesh Sooknundun*
Affiliation:
From the Ear, Nose and Throat and Pathology Departments, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 029 (India).
S. K. Kacker
Affiliation:
From the Ear, Nose and Throat and Pathology Departments, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 029 (India).
K. Kapila
Affiliation:
From the Ear, Nose and Throat and Pathology Departments, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 029 (India).
*
Dr. Mukhesh Sooknundun, M.S., 81 Coast Road, Tombreau Bay, Mauritius.
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Abstract

Histoplasmosis is a rare disease in India. We are reporting this disease in a middle-aged non-Caucasian male who has never travelled outside India. Successful treatment was achieved with the nephrotoxic anti-mycotic drug (Amphotericin B), despite a pre-existing renal impairment.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 100 , Issue 2 , February 1986 , pp. 179 - 186
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1986

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