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Oral Histoplasmosis

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A 44-year-old female presented to her general dentist with the chief complaint of a painful mouth sore of 2 weeks duration. Clinical examination revealed an irregularly shaped ulcer of the buccal and lingual attached gingiva of the anterior mandible. A biopsy was performed and microscopic evaluation revealed histoplasmosis. Histoplasmosis, caused by Histoplasma capsulate, is the most common fungal infection in the United States. Oral lesions of histoplasmosis are generally associated with the disseminated form of histoplasmosis and may present as a fungating or ulcerative lesion of the oral mucosa. The histologic findings and differential diagnosis for oral histoplasmosis are discussed.

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  1. Academy of Our Lady of Peace, San Diego, CA, USA

    Gillian A. Folk & Brenda L. Nelson

  2. Department of Head and Neck Pathology, NMCSD, San Diego, CA, USA

    Gillian A. Folk & Brenda L. Nelson

  3. Department of Anatomic Pathology, Naval Medical Center San Diego, 34800 Bob Wilson Drive, San Diego, CA, 92134-5000, USA

    Brenda L. Nelson

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Special thank you to Dr. Moris Aynechi of Bakersfield, California for contributing the clinical photos.

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Folk, G.A., Nelson, B.L. Oral Histoplasmosis. Head and Neck Pathol 11, 513–516 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12105-017-0797-y

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