Histoplasmosis

Lymph nodes - not lymphoma
Infectious / parasitic disorders
Histoplasmosis

Topic Completed: 1 July 2013

Revised: 4 February 2019, last major update July 2013

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Definition / general | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) images | Positive stains

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Definition / general

May clinically mimic tuberculosis

Microscopic (histologic) description

Chronic suppurative lesion
Granulomatous process or widespread nodal necrosis with diffuse sinus histiocytosis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Histoplasmosis [Accessed 3 July 2018] )

Microscopic (histologic) images

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H&E and GMS stain - contributed by Dr. Mark R. Wick

Positive stains

GMS or PAS