primary histoplasma capsulatum enterocolitis mimicking peptic and inflammatory bowel disease
;Rahman Nakshabendi;Andrew C. Berry;Daisy Torres-Miranda;Francis Daniel LaBarbera;Ozdemir Kanar;Ahmad Nakshabandi;Imad Nakshabendi
journal of indian society of periodontology2016Vol. 2016pp. -
149
nakshabendi2016caseprimary
Abstract
In immunocompromised patients, histoplasmosis may present as disseminated disease. We present a 52-year-old Caucasian male with symptoms of dyspepsia, postprandial epigastric pain, nausea, and nonbloody diarrhea. Upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopies were suspicious for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); however, biopsies were consistent with histoplasmosis, specifically in the duodenum.