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. 2018 Apr 16;2018:2723489. doi: 10.1155/2018/2723489

Table 1.

Comparison of cases of miliary histoplasmosis.

Year Reference Age (yrs) Sex Comorbidities Symptoms Chest imaging Initial diagnosis Final diagnosis Method of diagnosis Outcome
1983 Tong et al. [12] 45 F None Progressive weight loss, abdominal swelling, intermittent fever, nocturnal sweating Chest X-ray: diffuse pulmonary miliary shadows with scattered nodular lesions Miliary tuberculosis Disseminated histoplasmosis with pulmonary involvement Autopsy Death
2012 Cormier et al. [13] 37 M None Fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss, asthenia Chest X-ray: diffuse bilateral opacities with a 1-2 mm radius simulating miliary tuberculosis Miliary tuberculosis Disseminated histoplasmosis with pulmonary involvement BAL Death
2013 Cottle et al. [14] 13 students with respiratory symptoms. 5 with confirmed histoplasmosis. 2 cases described here 22 F None Fever, dry cough, chest pain, shortness of breath with exertion Chest X-ray: diffuse miliary shadowing Miliary tuberculosis Pulmonary histoplasmosis Serum antibodies
21 M None Productive cough, shortness of breath, night sweats CT: mediastinal lymphadenopathy, bibasilar consolidation, bilateral pulmonary micronodules Miliary tuberculosis Pulmonary histoplasmosis Serum antibodies Survived
2015 Lakshman et al. [15] 25 F HIV Fevers, chills, cough, hematemesis, melena CT: miliary nodules in both lungs Disseminated tuberculosis Disseminated histoplasmosis with pulmonary involvement Bone marrow biopsy Survived
2017 Our case 52 M RA Fevers, chills, cough, fatigue, night sweats, nausea, vomiting CT: diffuse micronodularity Miliary coccidioidomycosis Miliary histoplasmosis Left upper lobe tissue culture Survived