Epiglottic Histoplasmosis Presenting in a Nonendemic Region: A Clinical Mimic of Laryngeal Carcinoma

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 574-577

  O'Hara, Carolyn D ^a,c   Allegretto, Michael W ^a   Taylor, Geoffrey D ^a   Isotalo, Phillip A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Dynacare Kasper Medical Laboratories   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ITRACONAZOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPIGLOTTIS; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; MASS; MOUTH ULCER; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; RARE DISEASE; SOIL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ALBERTA; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIGLOTTIS; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE;

EID: 2342573656     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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