Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis presenting with cachexia and hypercalcemia

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-83

  Khasawneh, Faisal A ^a   Ahmed, Subhan ^b   Halloush, Ruba A ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c Amarillo Pathology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Disseminated histoplasmosis; Hypercalcemia

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CALCIUM; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADRENAL BIOPSY; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; AGED; BRAIN TUMOR; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GRANULOMA; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84874732526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S41520     Document Type: Review

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