[Histoplamosis in otorhinolaryngology]

Histoplamosis is the most frequently imported tropical mycosis observed in France. Of the cases reported in the published literature, 30 to 50 p. cent present buccopharyngeal lesions as the initial symptom revealing the presence of the disease, or forming part of a form involving multiple viscera (18.6). Since the first case reported in France in a thesis by Leger (13) in 1954, other french publications, mainly from dermatologists, stomatologists, or otorhinolaryngologists, have drawn attention to these misleading, little known buccal manifestations, that are often recognized only at a late stage (1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16). Five new cases treated at the Pasteur Institute Hospital are reported.