A CASE OF PULMONARY HISTOPLASMOSIS DUE TO HISTOPLASMA-CAPSULATUM

The authors report a case of benign multinodular pulmonary histoplasmosis, occuring in a 65 year old woman coming back from Guatemala. The disease presented with both fever and cough. The diagnosis was made on a lung biopsy (by thoracotomy) that showed granulomas with giant cells, lymphocytes and central necrosis, and histoplasma capsulatum yeasts on Gomori Grocott coloration. The authors recall the main radiological forms of the disease, and the difficulties of the diagnosis. When not disseminated, histoplasmosis usually has a good prognosis and does not require any treatment.