Table 1.

Summary of cases of primary (or likely primary) cutaneous histoplasmosis previously reported in the literature

Reference	Age (years)/gender	Clinical presentation	Special stain	Fungal culture result
This case report	68/M	Crusty thin plaque on the left infraorbital area	PAS and GMS stain positive; mucicarmine negative; Fontana–Masson negative	Not performed due to specimen mishandling
Pal and Adhikary [7]	28/F	Multiple nodulo-ulcerative lesions on neck and chest	PAS positive	No growth, patient was on antifungals for 1 week prior
Radhakrishnan et al. [8]	46/M	Pigmented ulcerative lesion along the right upper eyelid	PAS positive	No growth
Singhi et al. [9]	60/F	Multiple erythematous nodules and plaques over the neck, chest and abdomen	PAS positive	Cottony white mycelium consistent with H. capsulatum

F, Female; M, male.