Colonic histoplasmosis

Abstract

An Ivorian woman presented to us with a 2-month history of fever, abdominal pain and nausea. Human immunodeficiency virus serology was positive. Abdominal ultrasound showed enlarged abdominal lymph nodes and wall thickening of the right colon. Colonic biopsy was suggestive of fungal infection and polymerase chain reaction for Histoplasma capsulatum on biopsy was positive.