{"title":"Isolated Histoplasmosis of Tongue: A Case Report with Review of the Literature","authors":"J. Gulia, S. Yadav, A. Hooda","doi":"10.5580/9fd","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Histoplasmosis is a systemic fungal disease. Oral histoplasmosis usually occurs in association with the chronic disseminated form of the disease and isolated oral presentation is rare. A case of isolated histoplasmosis involving the tongue in a HIVnegative patient is being reported.","PeriodicalId":161194,"journal":{"name":"The Internet Journal of Dermatology","volume":"317 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2010-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Internet Journal of Dermatology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5580/9fd","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Histoplasmosis is a systemic fungal disease. Oral histoplasmosis usually occurs in association with the chronic disseminated form of the disease and isolated oral presentation is rare. A case of isolated histoplasmosis involving the tongue in a HIVnegative patient is being reported.