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Schulze, Arik Bernard; Heptner, Britta; Kessler, Torsten; Baumgarten, Birgit; Stoica, Viorelia; Mohr, Michael; Wiewrodt, Rainer; Warneke, Viktoria Susanne; Hartmann, Wolfgang; Wüllenweber, Jörg; Schülke, Christoph; Schäfers, Michael; Wilmes, Dunja; Becker, Karsten; Schmidt, Lars Henning; Groll, Andreas H.; Berdel, Wolfgang E.

Progressive histoplasmosis with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and epithelioid cell granulomatosis: A case report and review of the literature

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  • Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Progressive histoplasmosis with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and epithelioid cell granulomatosis: A case report and review of the literature
  • Contributor: Schulze, Arik Bernard; Heptner, Britta; Kessler, Torsten; Baumgarten, Birgit; Stoica, Viorelia; Mohr, Michael; Wiewrodt, Rainer; Warneke, Viktoria Susanne; Hartmann, Wolfgang; Wüllenweber, Jörg; Schülke, Christoph; Schäfers, Michael; Wilmes, Dunja; Becker, Karsten; Schmidt, Lars Henning; Groll, Andreas H.; Berdel, Wolfgang E.
  • Published: Wiley, 2017
  • Published in: European Journal of Haematology, 99 (2017) 1, Seite 91-100
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1111/ejh.12886
  • ISSN: 0902-4441; 1600-0609
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  • Description: AbstractHistoplasmosis in central Europe is a rare fungal disease with diverse clinical presentations. Apart from acute pulmonary histoplasmosis and involvement of the central nervous system, the most serious clinical presentation is progressive disseminated histoplasmosis which is generally associated with severe immunodeficiency and, in particular, advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection. Here, we report on an immunocompetent female residing in a non‐endemic area, presenting with progressive disseminated histoplasmosis after a remote travel history to Thailand and Costa Rica. Diagnosis was delayed by several months due to misinterpretation of epithelioid cell granulomatosis of the intestine as Crohn's disease and of similar lung lesions as acute sarcoidosis. Prompted by clinical deterioration with signs and symptoms consistent with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, a bone marrow aspiration was performed that documented hemophagocytosis and intracellular organisms interpreted as Leishmania sp., but later identified by molecular methods as Histoplasma capsulatum. Treatment with liposomal amphotericin B followed by posaconazole led to prompt clinical improvement and ultimately cure.