Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome Like Reactive Hemophagocytic Syndrome Associated with Disseminated Histoplasmosis in a HIV Patient
2017
We describe an unusual clinical association of disseminated histoplasmosis with reactive hemophagocytic syndrome. We report the case of a new HIV-positive patient with reconstitution inflammatory syndrome like reactive hemophagocytic syndrome associated with disseminated histoplasmosis. We describe the clinical case, the procedures performed, the treatment provided and the patient’s evolution. A figure of liver biopsy Grocott’s silver methenamine stain that shows lots of uniform ovoid yeasts in portal spaces’ macrophages that supports the diagnosis of disseminated histoplasmosis in our case.
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