COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS PRESENTING AS A CYSTIC SWELLING IN RIGHT SIDE OF NECK: A CASE REPORT

Autor: Saurav Banerjee, Rabindra Kumar Singh, Bindhyachal Kumar Gupta, Purnima Bharati, Chandan Sardar, Ramesh Kumar Shrivastav, Manendra Kumar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare, Vol 3, Iss 48, Pp 2463-2464 (2016)
ISSN: 2349-2570
2349-2562
Popis: Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal disease found in the desert soils of Western Hemisphere. Histopathological examination is the key to the diagnosis when fungal culture and molecular studies are not available. Disease in non-endemic area is usually imported. But here we have reported a case of coccidioidomycosis found indigenous in Jharkhand, to our best of knowledge, where the patient had no history of travel to endemic regions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE