Skip to main content
The American Journal of Pathology logoLink to The American Journal of Pathology
. 1961 Nov;39(5):599–611.

The Etiology of Discrete Splenic and Hepatic Calcifications in an Endemic Area of Histoplasmosis

Masahiko Okudaira, Manuel Straub, Jan Schwarz
PMCID: PMC1942429  PMID: 19971008

Full text

PDF
599

Images in this article

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. BILLS R. J., ULRICH E., YOUNG J. M. Discrete splenic calcification in necropsy material. Am J Pathol. 1957 Jan-Feb;33(1):189–197. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. BINFORD C. H. Histoplasmosis: tissue reactions and morphologic variations of the fungus. Am J Clin Pathol. 1955 Jan;25(1):25–36. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/25.1.25. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. BRONSON S. M., SCHWARZ J. Roentgenographic patterns in histoplasmosis. Am Rev Tuberc. 1957 Aug;76(2):173–194. doi: 10.1164/artpd.1957.76.2.173. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. DROUHET E., SCHWARZ J. Comparative studies with 18 strains of histoplasma; morphology in tissues and virulence of African and American strains. J Lab Clin Med. 1956 Jan;47(1):128–139. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. GRIDLEY M. F. A stain for fungi in tissue sections. Am J Clin Pathol. 1953 Mar;23(3):303–307. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/23.3_ts.303. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. GROCOTT R. G. A stain for fungi in tissue sections and smears using Gomori's methenamine-silver nitrate technic. Am J Clin Pathol. 1955 Aug;25(8):975–979. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/25.8_ts.0975. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. HALEY L. D. "Saprophytic form" of Histoplasma capsulatum in vivo. Yale J Biol Med. 1952 Apr;24(5):381–383. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Kinyoun J. J. A NOTE ON UHLENHUTHS METHOD FOR SPUTUM EXAMINATION, FOR TUBERCLE BACILLI. Am J Public Health (N Y) 1915 Sep;5(9):867–870. doi: 10.2105/ajph.5.9.867. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. PUCKETT T. F. Pulmonary histoplasmosis. Am J Surg. 1955 Jul;90(1):92–100. doi: 10.1016/0002-9610(55)90662-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. PUCKETT T. F. Pulmonary histoplasmosis; a study of twenty-two cases with identification of H. capsulatum in resected lesions. Am Rev Tuberc. 1953 Apr;67(4):453–476. doi: 10.1164/art.1953.67.4.453. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. ROHN R. J., BOND W. H. The value of routine bone marrow culture for Histoplasma capsulatum in pediatric hematology. Blood. 1953 Apr;8(4):329–335. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. SCHULZ D. M. Histoplasmosis; a statistical morphologic study. Am J Clin Pathol. 1954 Jan;24(1):11–26. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/24.1.11. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. SCHWARZ J., BAUM G. L., FLOYD H. The pathogenesis of "epidemic" histoplasmosis. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1960 Aug 27;89:47–58. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1960.tb20129.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. SCHWARZ J., DROUHET E. Morphologic features of an African strain of Histoplasma in hamsters and mice. AMA Arch Pathol. 1957 Oct;64(4):409–413. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. SCHWARZ J. Ginat forms of Histoplasma capsulatum in tissue explants. Am J Clin Pathol. 1953 Sep;23(9):898–903. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/23.9.898. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. SCHWARZ J., SILVERMAN F. N., ADRIANO S. M., STRAUB M., LEVINE S. The relation of splenic calcification to histoplasmosis. N Engl J Med. 1955 May 26;252(21):887–891. doi: 10.1056/NEJM195505262522102. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. SCHWARZ J. Some important features of histoplasmosis. Am Pract Dig Treat. 1956 Feb;7(2):258–262. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  18. STRAUB M., SCHWARZ J. The healed primary complex in histoplasmosis. Am J Clin Pathol. 1955 Jul;25(7):727–741. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/25.7.727. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from The American Journal of Pathology are provided here courtesy of American Society for Investigative Pathology

RESOURCES