Adrenal histoplasmosis : a rare cause of bilateral adrenomegaly

Histoplasmosis is an opportunistic infection caused by a dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. Histoplasmosis causing bilateral adrenal involvement is rare and usually occurs only in immunocompromised individuals with disseminated disease.  Here we report a case of bilateral adrenal histoplasmosi...

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Autores principales: PP Subedi, S Chapagain, DK Thakur, S Poudyal, BR Luitel, PR Chalise, UK Sharma, PR Gyawali, GK Shrestha
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:344c6f3c21f6489ba77e65e8773ad1092021-12-05T19:16:46ZAdrenal histoplasmosis : a rare cause of bilateral adrenomegaly10.3126/jssn.v17i1.151811815-39842392-4772https://doaj.org/article/344c6f3c21f6489ba77e65e8773ad1092016-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JSSN/article/view/15181https://doaj.org/toc/1815-3984https://doaj.org/toc/2392-4772Histoplasmosis is an opportunistic infection caused by a dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. Histoplasmosis causing bilateral adrenal involvement is rare and usually occurs only in immunocompromised individuals with disseminated disease.  Here we report a case of bilateral adrenal histoplasmosis with disseminated disease in an immunocompetent patient.PP SubediS ChapagainDK ThakurS PoudyalBR LuitelPR ChaliseUK SharmaPR GyawaliGK ShresthaSociety of Surgeons of NepalarticleAdrenal histoplasmosisSurgeryRD1-811ENJournal of Society of Surgeons of Nepal, Vol 17, Iss 1 (2016)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Adrenal histoplasmosis
Surgery
RD1-811
spellingShingle Adrenal histoplasmosis
Surgery
RD1-811
PP Subedi
S Chapagain
DK Thakur
S Poudyal
BR Luitel
PR Chalise
UK Sharma
PR Gyawali
GK Shrestha
Adrenal histoplasmosis : a rare cause of bilateral adrenomegaly
description Histoplasmosis is an opportunistic infection caused by a dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. Histoplasmosis causing bilateral adrenal involvement is rare and usually occurs only in immunocompromised individuals with disseminated disease.  Here we report a case of bilateral adrenal histoplasmosis with disseminated disease in an immunocompetent patient.
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author PP Subedi
S Chapagain
DK Thakur
S Poudyal
BR Luitel
PR Chalise
UK Sharma
PR Gyawali
GK Shrestha
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title Adrenal histoplasmosis : a rare cause of bilateral adrenomegaly
title_short Adrenal histoplasmosis : a rare cause of bilateral adrenomegaly
title_full Adrenal histoplasmosis : a rare cause of bilateral adrenomegaly
title_fullStr Adrenal histoplasmosis : a rare cause of bilateral adrenomegaly
title_full_unstemmed Adrenal histoplasmosis : a rare cause of bilateral adrenomegaly
title_sort adrenal histoplasmosis : a rare cause of bilateral adrenomegaly
publisher Society of Surgeons of Nepal
publishDate 2016
url https://doaj.org/article/344c6f3c21f6489ba77e65e8773ad109
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