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Alternate Names : Ohio River Valley Fever

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Histoplasmosis Complications

Inflammatory syndromes involving heart lining (pericarditis)
- joints (arthritis)
- skin nodules
- rashes (erythema nodosum, erythema multiforme)
Fibrosing mediastinitis -- scarring in the chest that may entrap structures in the chest cavity:
- lymph nodes
- heart
- great vessels
- esophagus
Mediastinal granuloma -- enlarged chest-cavity lymph nodes which may compress structures such as esophagus and lung vessels

In individuals with weakened immune systems disseminated disease may occur and involve the meninges (meningitis)

Side effects of medications (can be severe with amphotericin) are complications of histoplasmosis.

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Review Date : 8/7/2002
Reviewed By : Camille Kotton, M.D., Infectious Diseases Division, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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