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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 185-188 |
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Cutaneous manifestations leading to a diagnosis of a case of severe disseminated histoplasmosis in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive child
Aradhana Sood1, Deep Kumar Raman2, Asmita Sinha1, Biju Vasudevan3
1 Department of Dermatology, Base Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Department of Pathology, Base Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
3 Department of Dermatology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Biju Vasudevan
Department of Dermatology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune - 411 040, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_59_22
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This 9-year-old boy who was human immunodeficiency virus positive since birth presented with raised skin lesions, breathlessness, and cough and was treated as a case of disseminated tuberculosis. When no improvement was seen, he was referred to the dermatologist whose examination revealed papulonodular lesions with crusting over the face and extremities. Based on clinical suspicion of histoplasmosis, investigations done revealed a CD4 count of 3 cells/μL and histopathological features of histoplasmosis along with the disseminated disease. Cutaneous manifestations thus led to an early diagnosis of the case and a good prognostic outcome.
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