Histoplasmosis Mimicking Malignant Adenopathy During Diagnostic Thyroid Lobectomy

Abstract

Histoplasmosis is a rare cause of cervical adenopathy that should be considered in cases in which a discordance arises between the malignant gross appearance of the adenopathy and the benign gross appearance of an associated thyroid nodule.

Metagenomic next-generation sequencing identified Histoplasma capsulatum in the lung and epiglottis of a Chinese patient: A case report

“…Clinical awareness is needed to suspect and diagnose the underlying genetic defects that cause invasive fungal infections. In the case of inborn errors of (Reibel et al, 1982;Samuel and Wolff, 1986;Khalil et al, 2019) Sex Male 50 (Moriones and Guerra, 2014;O'Connell et al, 2018;John et al, 2015;Samuel and Wolff, 1986;Singh et al, 2012;Tseng et al, 2005) Female 5 (Sataloff et al, 1993;Cairoli et al, 2010;Tai et al, 2010;Bahri et al, 1972;Durand et al, 2014) Basic disease Diabetes 7 (Subramaniam et al, 2005b;Phatak et al, 2006;Khalil et al, 2019;Teoh et al, 2013;Durand et al, 2014;Mackowiak, 2013;Rappo et al, 2010) HIV 5 (Sacoor, 2017;Solari et al, 2007;Troncoso et al, 2003;Sanmani et al, 2011;Pochini et al, 2007) Kidney transplantation 4 (Moriones and Guerra, 2014;Khalil et al, 2019;Jawale and Gulwani, 2017;Rappo et al, 2010 (Gerber et al, 1995) Other involved sites Lung 22 (Coiffier et al, 1998;Reibel et al, 1982;Wolf et al, 2004b;Cairoli et al, 2010;John et al, 2015;Frank et al, 2014;Pickard and Kotzen, 1973;Samuel and Wolff, 1986;Fletcher and Prussin, 1990;Klein et al, 2005;…”