American medical specialists documented a clinical case of HIV infection complicated by disseminated histoplasmosis. The patient, a young man from America, had been consulting doctors for several months with complaints of hoarseness and sore throat.
An endoscopic examination revealed an infiltrative lesion of the larynx affecting the area of the true vocal cords. Initially, treating physicians made a mistake, assuming that the cause of the condition was either a neoplastic or a rheumatological disease.
However, subsequent laboratory tests and biopsy results allowed for the final diagnosis to be established: the patient developed histoplasmosis against the background of HIV infection. This clinical example was published in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery.