Bilateral adrenal histoplasmosis in immunocompetent patients

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 294-296

  Rana, Chanchal ^a   Krishnani, Narendra ^a   Kumari, Niraj ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

adrenal; bilateral; fine needle aspiration cytology; histoplasmosis; immunocompetent

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; ITRACONAZOLE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BILATERAL ADRENAL HISTOPLASMOSIS; CASE REPORT; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79952776351     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21416     Document Type: Article

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