PMID: 699107May 1, 1978Paper

Acute pulmonary histoplasomis. 1st findings in Czechoslovakia

Ceskoslovenská patologie
B BednarW Kaplan

Abstract

A 57-year-old man, who for many years was treated for a pleomorphic lymphoma with cytotoxic drugs and x-ray therapy, died from the generalized tumor process. At autopsy, an extraordinary finding was found in form of acute pulmonary mycosts, which histologically appears to be histoplasmosis. Culture was not attempted, but the diagnosis is based on morphology, both of the organism proper and its intracellular location, and on results obtained by immunofluorescence studies. In numerous pulmonary vessels, endothelial pillows of histiocytes with yeast cells are found, typical for histoplasmosis, but no generalization was found in other organs. The source of the infection is not clear.

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