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Erythematous papular lesion
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A 26-year-old female patient, brown-skin, born, and living in Belo Horizonte (MG), presented with an erythematous papular lesion with irregular borders and centrifugal growth, on the dorsal region of the nose, measuring approximately 1cm in diameter (Figure 1).
Histoplasma capsulatum yeast form stained by periodic acid Schiff (A) and Grocott-Gomori methenamine silver (B)
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Histopathological examination revealed a chronic, diffuse inflammatory process, with dense lympho-plasma-histiocytic infiltrate (Figure 2).
Plain chest radiography in posteroanterior (A) and lateral (B) views
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Conventional chest radiography revealed clear lungs with no signs of pleuropulmonary injury, well-configured hila, free costophrenic angles, normal cardiothoracic index, and unaltered bone structure (Figure 3).