Unilateral adrenal histoplasmosis
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Adrenal involvement in histoplasmosis
Histoplasmosis infection is endemic in Asia and disseminated histoplasmosis (DH) is one form of its presentation (Benevides et al., 2007[1]). DH commonly affects both adrenal glands. We describe a case of disseminated histoplasmosis complicated with hypercalcaemia in a 75-year-old immunosuppressed patient who presented with bilateral adrenal masses. The fine needle aspiration cytology of the ad...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Urology Case Reports
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2214-4420
DOI: 10.1016/j.eucr.2018.03.010