A Case of Primary Cutaneous Histoplasmosis in a Patient with Diabetes and Multi‐Infarct Dementia

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We report a case of primary cutaneous histoplasmosis in a fifty‐year‐old African‐American woman with diabetes and multi‐infarct dementia. The patient developed fever and crusted, nodulo‐ulcerative lesions of the skin after accidental superficial trauma to the forehead. The biopsy revealed suppurative granulomatous inflammation with intracellular and extracellular yeast‐like cells with associated clear halo measuring 3–4 μm in size. Systemic involvement was not found. The lesions cleared after treatment with itraconazole 200 mg twice a day for 3 weeks. The medication was continued for a total period of 3 months, with no signs of recurrence after one‐year of follow‐up.

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