Biopsy findings in acute pulmonary histoplasmosis: Unusual histologic features in 4 cases mimicking lymphomatoid granulomatosis

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 541-546

  Mukhopadhyay, Sanjay ^a   Katzenstein, Anna Luise A ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis; Granulomas; Histoplasma; Lymphohistiocytic vasculitis; Lymphomatoid granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; METHENAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG MYCOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; SILVER STAINING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; GRANULOMA; HISTIOCYTES; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; MALE; METHENAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SILVER STAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 77950212230     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181d4388b     Document Type: Article

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