A Case of Oral Histoplasmosis Concomitant with Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Joint Authors

de Freitas Filho, Silas Antonio Juvencio
de Souza, Mário César
Oliveira, Denise Tostes
Garcia, Natália Galvão

Source

Case Reports in Dentistry

Issue

Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-4, 4 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2019-11-03

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

4

Main Subjects

Dental

Abstract EN

The superficial intraoral lesions of histoplasmosis occurring concomitant to tuberculosis, in a 46-year-old man, are reported.

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection test was negative.

The immunosuppression caused by tuberculosis in our patient probably had an important role in the development of intraoral lesions of histoplasmosis.

Here, we discussed the role of the dentist in the diagnosis of these infectious diseases, highlighting the importance of anamnesis and the histopathology/immunohistochemistry exams.

American Psychological Association (APA)

de Freitas Filho, Silas Antonio Juvencio& Garcia, Natália Galvão& de Souza, Mário César& Oliveira, Denise Tostes. 2019. A Case of Oral Histoplasmosis Concomitant with Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Case Reports in Dentistry،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1134963

Modern Language Association (MLA)

de Freitas Filho, Silas Antonio Juvencio…[et al.]. A Case of Oral Histoplasmosis Concomitant with Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Case Reports in Dentistry No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1134963

American Medical Association (AMA)

de Freitas Filho, Silas Antonio Juvencio& Garcia, Natália Galvão& de Souza, Mário César& Oliveira, Denise Tostes. A Case of Oral Histoplasmosis Concomitant with Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Case Reports in Dentistry. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1134963

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1134963