Spinal African histoplasmosis simulating tuberculous spondylitis.

Abstract

Spinal histoplasmosis is a rare disease condition that must be differentiated from other common inflammatory lesions of the spine such as tuberculosis. A case is presented of a pathologically proven African spinal hisptoplasmosis in a 39-year-old female. Paraplegia and fever were the patient's clinical findings. Cervical plain radiography demonstrated a lytic destructive process of the lower cervical spine with radiographic signs similar to tuberculosis. The surgical management and chemotherapy of histoplasmosis are briefly discussed.

• Authors: F Musoke
• Journal: African health sciences (Afr Health Sci) Vol. 1 Issue 1 Pg. 28-9 (Aug 2001) ISSN: 1680-6905 [Print] Uganda
• PMID: 12789131 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Female
• Histoplasmosis (diagnosis)
• Humans
• Spinal Diseases (microbiology)
• Spondylitis (diagnosis)
• Tuberculosis, Spinal (diagnosis)