Invasive histoplasmosis of the mandible

Head Neck. 1989 Jan-Feb;11(1):81-4. doi: 10.1002/hed.2880110114.

Abstract

We present a case of an 82-year-old man with a 1-year history of a slowly enlarging, nontender, exophytic oral mucosal lesion with focal ulceration of the right alveolar ridge of the mandible associated with cortical bone resorption. Two consecutive biopsies revealed histoplasma capsulatum. A review of the literature confirms that this is an uncommon manifestation of this fungal disease, but must be considered in the differential diagnosis of an oral ulcerative lesion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Histoplasmosis / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mandibular Diseases / pathology*