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Medicine fungal infection 4b98d8cf

Healing with calcification is a feature of:

A
Cryptococcosis
B
Mucormycosis
C
Aspergillosis
D
Histoplasmosis
High-Yield Explanation
- In case of Histoplasma infection in the immunocompetent host,macrophages, lymphocytes, and epithelial cells eventually organize and form granulomas that contain the histoplasma organisms. - These granulomas typically fibrose and calcify; calcified mediastinal lymph nodes and hepatosplenic calcifications are frequently found in healthy individuals from endemic areas.

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