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[Sacrum histoplasmosis 10 years after NHL of the sacrum: a case report]
1Service d'oncologie médicale, institut national d'oncologie, Rabat, Morocco. elmehditazi@yahoo.fr
Abstract:
The location of bone histoplasmosis is rare. It is a parasitic infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum, affecting especially the immunocompromised. Diagnosis is difficult, requiring the use of mycological and histopathological studies. Through this observation, we report a rare sequence of the development of sacrum histoplasmosis in a patient treated 10 years ago for a malignant non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the sacrum with complete remission. The clinical and radiological investigations suggested a lymphomatous relapse but the pathological study showed histoplasmosis. Antifungal treatment was started with an encouraging evolution.