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HISTOPLASMOSIS AS THE CAUSE OF A PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURE



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Abstract

We report the case of an 82-year-old man with a pathological fracture of the hip caused by infection with Histoplasma capsulatum var capsulatum. He was treated by a hemiarthroplasty and with oral itraconazole.


Correspondence should be sent to Mr N. A. Quraishi at the Department of Orthopaedics, Ipswich General Hospital, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 9PD, UK.

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