COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS PRESENTING AS A CYSTIC SWELLING IN RIGHT SIDE OF NECK: A CASE REPORT

Abstract

Purnima Bharati1, Ramesh Kumar Shrivastav2, Saurav Banerjee3, Rabindra Kumar Singh4, Bindhyachal Kumar Gupta5, Manendra Kumar6, Chandan Sardar7

Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal disease found in the desert soils of Western Hemisphere. Histopathological examination is the key to the diagnosis when fungal culture and molecular studies are not available. Disease in non-endemic area is usually imported. But here we have reported a case of coccidioidomycosis found indigenous in Jharkhand, to our best of knowledge, where the patient had no history of travel to endemic regions.

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