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Images of Memorable Cases: Case 17

Module by: Herbert L. Fred, MD, Hendrik A. van Dijk

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Peripheral blood film from a 40-year-old, terminally ill woman with carcinoma of the cervix.

17. Disseminated histoplasmosis

The leukocyte shown in the blood film contains yeast-phase organisms. Cultures of the blood and bone marrow grew Histoplasma capsulatum. Disseminated histoplasmosis typically occurs in immunodeficient patients, most commonly those with AIDS.

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