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Primary Histoplasma capsulatum Enterocolitis Mimicking Peptic and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Authors :
Rahman Nakshabendi
Andrew C. Berry
Daisy Torres-Miranda
Francis Daniel LaBarbera
Ozdemir Kanar
Ahmad Nakshabandi
Imad Nakshabendi
Source :
Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, Vol 2016 (2016)
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Wiley, 2016.

Abstract

In immunocompromised patients, histoplasmosis may present as disseminated disease. We present a 52-year-old Caucasian male with symptoms of dyspepsia, postprandial epigastric pain, nausea, and nonbloody diarrhea. Upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopies were suspicious for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); however, biopsies were consistent with histoplasmosis, specifically in the duodenum.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20906528 and 20906536
Volume :
2016
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.bddaa8255cfa4389a0f4da849c9ddbc3
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/7139573