Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1995)

Blastomycosis Presenting as Multiple Splenic Masses

  • Tahir Ijaz,
  • Samy El-Sayed,
  • Garry Schroeder,
  • Robert O’Connor,
  • Julio Pintin-Quezada,
  • Howard Greenberg

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/1995/742589
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 3
pp. 145 – 147

Abstract

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Blastomyces dermatitidis is a fungus that causes a wide spectrum of disease in humans. The clinical and pathological entity of splenic abscess due to blastomycosis is extremely rare. A case of splenic blastomycosis is reported, and its cytopathological and radiological features are described.